The Collected Works of Billy the Kid. Left Handed Poems
by ONDAATJE, Michael
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0887840183
- ISBN 13
- 9780887840180
- Seller
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London, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Anansi, 1970. First Edition, first state, without Governor-General's award sticker and no blurbs for the book on rear cover. Paperback. Near fine. 105 p. 23 cm. Softcover. Ilustrated with black and white photographs. Light wear to spine.
A verse novel that chronicles and interprets important events in the life of William Bonney, aka Billy the Kid, and his conflict with Sheriff Pat Garrett. Ondaatje drew on contemporary accounts, period photographs, dime novels, and his own imagination to create this unusual book - and to win the 1970 Governor General's Literary Award for prose and poetry.
A verse novel that chronicles and interprets important events in the life of William Bonney, aka Billy the Kid, and his conflict with Sheriff Pat Garrett. Ondaatje drew on contemporary accounts, period photographs, dime novels, and his own imagination to create this unusual book - and to win the 1970 Governor General's Literary Award for prose and poetry.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Attic Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 143274
- Title
- The Collected Works of Billy the Kid. Left Handed Poems
- Author
- ONDAATJE, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, first state, without Governor-General's award sti
- ISBN 10
- 0887840183
- ISBN 13
- 9780887840180
- Publisher
- Anansi
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- Canadian Literature, Poetry, Governor General's Award, Billy the Kid
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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