Four Miles to Pinecone by Jon Hassler - 1977-01-01

Ex-library hardcover in --above-- average-- condition. Library card holder, markings, stamps, stickers and writing. DJ with some wear on corners and edges. Outer page edges with tanning, stains and foxing. Minnesota author John Hassler uses Four Miles to Pinecone as an allegory to itself. He opens by stating summer is over then proceeds to tell a tale of growing up and making decisions of one particular summer. In the end, the book becomes its own forty-seven page assignment (and then some) as described in the early chapters. Hassler weaves an intricate tale using metaphors along the way. Particularly poignant is the main characters inability to use a manual transmission on a car. Hassler writes how he often gets stuck in one gear due to unfamiliarity with a clutch. This is a metaphor for his character's inablity to change gears in his life. He insists on working in a grocery store, and plans to do so forever (so it seems), or how he cannot turn in his friend whose become a burglar. An incident at his… Read More

Frederick Warne, 1977. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Warne, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. near fine/vg. Octavo. 117pp Some light creasing at top edges of dust jacket. One inch closed tear at bottom of front cover of jacket. In a brodart protective wrapper.

New York: Frederick Warne, 1977. Ex-library. I noticed three stamps. Crisp and tight.Some shelf and edge wear, especially to points. Signed by Hassler on the half-title page.. Signed. First Printing. Hardcover. Collectible-Good/Good. Middle Grade.

U.S.A.: Frederick Warne, 1977. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Early Hassler signature. Text block slightly off center..

Warne, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. fine/fine. Octavo. 114pp Inscribed and SIGNED by John Hassler on front free endpaper. A fine copy in an equally fine jacket. In a brodart protective wrapper.