A Civil Action
by Jonathan Harr
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0394563492
- ISBN 13
- 9780394563497
- Seller
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La Porte, Texas, United States
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Synopsis
For the film starring John Travolta, see A Civil Action (film) A Civil Action is a 1996 non-fiction novel by Jonathan Harr depicting the real-life water contamination case in Woburn, Massachusetts in the 1980s. The book became a best-seller and won the National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction. The case is Anderson v. Cryovac. The first reported decision in the case is at 96 F.R.D. 431 (denial of defendants' motion to dismiss).
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- Bookmarc's (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- EC44401BB
- Title
- A Civil Action
- Author
- Jonathan Harr
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0394563492
- ISBN 13
- 9780394563497
- Publisher
- Random House Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- 1936 ANDERSON ANNE BOSTON CIVIL LAW CONTAMINATION DRINKING WATER GROUND WATER LAW AND LEGISLATION LEGAL SYSTEM MASSACHUSETTS POLITICS POLLUTION PRACTICE OF LAW SOCIOLOGY TRIALS TOXIC TORTS W.R. GRACE AND COMPANY WATER POLLUTION WOBURN SCHLICHTMAN JAN REAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Law & Criminality; Environment; Americana / Massachusetts; Law & Criminality / Law;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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