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FIRESTORM
by Barr, Nevada
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Mint/Near Mint
- ISBN 10
- 039914126X
- ISBN 13
- 9780399141263
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1996. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Near Mint/Near Mint. SIGNED by the Author, 8vo, green cloth over burnt Sienna-colored boards, Mylar-protected dust jacket illustrated by Honi Werner, 307 pages. Signed in ink by the Author and dated "9 April, 1996," neatly on the title page. Fourth in the Anna Pigeon, Park Ranger, mystery series. Signed in ink by the Author neatly on the title page. Sixth in the Anna Pigeon, Park Ranger, mystery series. Nevada Barr created the Anna Pigeon series while working at a seasonal job in Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas. Her first permanent Park Ranger job was on the Natchez Trace Parkway in Mississippi. after the success of her park mysteries, the author resigned her post to pursue writing fulltime. Anna Pigeon is a fictional Natioinal park ranger and detective in the series of novels by the same name. She shares some life experiences with the author such as working as a national park ranger and having had a husband who worked in the theater in New York City. The books in the series are set in various national parks, where Pigeon solves murders that are often related to natural resource issues.
Synopsis
A raging forest fire in California's Lassen Volcanic National Park traps exhausted firefighters, including Ranger Anna Pigeon, in its midst. Afterward, Anna finds two from her group have been killed. One a victim of the flames. The other, stabbed through the heart. Now, as a rampaging winter storm descends, cutting the survivors off from civilization, Anna must uncover the murderer in their midst.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 689
- Title
- FIRESTORM
- Author
- Barr, Nevada
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Mint
- Jacket Condition
- Near Mint
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 039914126X
- ISBN 13
- 9780399141263
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- Northern alifornia, Lassen Volcanic National Park, forest fire, canyons, firestorm, weather, snow,
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BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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