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To the Bright and Shining Sun
by Burke, James Lee
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, clipped, toned at the flaps, soiled on the back panel. Green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, pen scribble on the front endpaper, gift inscription on the front flyleaf, clean otherwise. A departure from Burke's typical detective novel, a coming-of-age story of Perry Woodson Hatfield James, a teenage miner in the Cumberland Mountain range of Kentucky.
Synopsis
This early novel from bestselling author James Lee Burke is a gritty coming-of-age story about a young Kentucky miner growing up in the Appalachian mountains whoâÈçs torn between his family life and the lure of the city. James Lee Burke, a writer who âÈêcan touch you in ways few writers canâÈë ( The Washington Post ) brings his brilliant feel for time and place to this stunning story of Appalachia in the early 1960s. Here, Perry Woodson Hatfield James, a young man torn between family honor and the lure of seedy watering holes, must somehow survive the tempestuous journey from boyhood to manhood and escape the dark and atavistic heritage of the Cumberland Mountains.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9280
- Title
- To the Bright and Shining Sun
- Author
- Burke, James Lee
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- 20th Century Literature, Coming of Age, Mining, Union, Mine Workers, Strike, Labor, American Literature, Modern Literature, Strike, Appalachia
Terms of Sale
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All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
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- Spine
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