True at First Light / edited with an introduction by Patrick Hemingway
by Hemingway, Ernest (1899-1961)
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- ISBN 10
- 0434007811
- ISBN 13
- 9780434007813
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About This Item
London : Heinemann, 1999. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Copy is not price-clipped. Physical description: 319p. ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes Swahili glossary. Summary: The fictionlised account of Ernest Hemingway's time living and hunting in Kenya. Written when Hemingway returned from his 1953 safari, but only recently edited by his son Patrick, True at First Light is a rich blend of autobiography and fiction, a breathtaking final work from one of this century's most beloved and important writers. Subject: Big game hunting - Kenya - Fiction. Autobiographical fiction. Kenya - Fiction. Modern fiction. FICTION / General. Other names: Hemingway, Patrick. Genre: Autobiographical fiction.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 229082
- Title
- True at First Light / edited with an introduction by Patrick Hemingway
- Author
- Hemingway, Ernest (1899-1961)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.K. Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0434007811
- ISBN 13
- 9780434007813
- Publisher
- London : Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1999
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