Ardis Heights
by Betty Richards (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1434336611
- ISBN 13
- 9781434336613
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
NZ$34.17NZ$23.92
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About This Item
Bloomington, IN: Author House, 2008 Author House, Bloomington, IN. 2008. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated First Published 7/17/2008. Inscribed by the author on the first blank page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight edge and tip bumps. No DJ. Printed card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; Text is secure in binding. 338 pp 8vo. This is a piece of historical fiction based on the Great Depression. The Swinson family is forced to move in with his parents in Ardis Heights near Lubbock and find other family members already living there too. The problems of 13 people under one roof surface but the family learns to live with loss, fear, betrayal, and finally acceptance, hope, and forgiveness. This story is an excavation of the human spirit and its ability to survive. A clean very presentable copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007570
- Title
- Ardis Heights
- Author
- Betty Richards (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1434336611
- ISBN 13
- 9781434336613
- Publisher
- Author House
- Place of Publication
- Bloomington, IN
- Date Published
- 2008
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Great Depression, The Dust Bowl, Lubbock Texas, poverty, hunger, dust storms, banking crisis, farm foreclosure, land loss,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Historical Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Tight
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- Bumps
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