Sounder: Author's First Childrens Book
by William H. Armstrong
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fair in Mylar
- Seller
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Winfield, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Dust jacket is very worn, now protected with a mylar book cover. Clipped dj. flaps inside, both ends. No Awards listed past 1969, see photos. Book iteself in near fine condition. States this is William Armstrong's first children's book, 1069 on dj.
Synopsis
Sounder is a young adult novel by William H. Armstrong. It is the story of an African-American boy living with his sharecropper family in Depression-era Louisiana. Although the family's difficulties increase when the father is imprisoned for stealing pig meat and chicken, the boy still hungers for an education. Sounder won the Newbery Award in 1970, and was made in to a major motion picture in 1972.
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Details
- Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- biblio553
- Title
- Sounder
- Author
- William H. Armstrong
- Illustrator
- James Barkley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket.
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fair in Mylar
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1969 no other printing listed 1069 on dust jacket flap
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Row Pub.
- Date Published
- 1969
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Society of Illustrators Gold Medal, Black Children's Book
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Juvenile Fiction;
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