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Education of a Wandering Man
by L'Amour, Louis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0553057030
- ISBN 13
- 9780553057034
- Seller
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Charlotte Hall, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Bantam Dell Pub Group, 2008. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A memoir in which famed American author Louis L'Amour reflects on his lifelong love affair with learning and recalls the books he read, the places he visited, and the people he met that influenced his evolution as a writer. First edition, first printing with correct full number line sequence. This is a very clean copy with no writing, marks, underlining, or bookplates. No remainder marks. Not an ex-library copy. Spine is tight and crisp. Pages are slightly browned, and the textblock edges have a smudge or two. Corners are square, and the boards are flat and true with only some minor edge wear and bumping to the corners. The boards are lightly soiled along the top and bottom edges for approximately a quarter inch or so. Dust jacket is not price-clipped ($16.95) but does have some shelf wear and scuffing though no tears. Covers and flaps show a bit of browning and the back cover has a few imprints that may be from fingernails. This collectible, very good+/very good, first edition/first printing copy is protected with an archival mylar dust jacket cover. Satisfaction guaranteed!
Synopsis
From his decision to leave school at fifteen to roam the world, to his recollections of life as a hobo on the Southern Pacific Railroad, as a cattle skinner in Texas, as a merchant seaman in Singapore and the West Indies, and as an itinerant bare-knuckled prizefighter across small-town America, here is Louis L'Amour's memoir of his lifelong love affair with learning--from books, from yondering, and from some remarkable men and women--that shaped him as a storyteller and as a man. Like classic L'Amour fiction, Education of a Wandering Man mixes authentic frontier drama--such as the author's desperate efforts to survive a sudden two-day trek across the blazing Mojave desert--with true-life characters like Shanghai waterfront toughs, desert prospectors, and cowboys whom Louis L'Amour met while traveling the globe. At last, in his own words, this is a story of a one-of-a-kind life lived to the fullest . . . a life that inspired the books that will forever enable us to relive our glorious frontier heritage.From the Paperback edition.
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- 000569
- Title
- Education of a Wandering Man
- Author
- L'Amour, Louis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0553057030
- ISBN 13
- 9780553057034
- Publisher
- Bantam Dell Pub Group
- Place of Publication
- Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2008
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
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