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Hope Meadows: Real Life Stories of Healing and Caring from an Inspiring Community
by Smith, Wes
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0425178404
- ISBN 13
- 9780425178409
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Berkley Books, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition per complete number line including number one. Hardcover in very good condition. Black boards with gold/gilt spine lettering. Endpapers with sepia toned photographs. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Back endpaper has shadow from one-inch dog-ear crease. Dust jacket very good with only hint of shelf & edge wear. 213 pages. * From the front flap, '. . . the brainchild of sociologist Brenda Eheart, who envisioned the community as a solution the problem of revolving-door foster care. . . Here, 'unadoptable' children are given the chance to thrive in permanent homes.""
Synopsis
Wes Smith has been a journalist for three decades, most recently as a national correspondant for the Chicago Tribune , where he worked for eleven years. He has written several books, and now contributes to magazines including Business Week , Biography , and U.S. News .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M000741
- Title
- Hope Meadows: Real Life Stories of Healing and Caring from an Inspiring Community
- Author
- Smith, Wes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0425178404
- ISBN 13
- 9780425178409
- Publisher
- Berkley Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- Hope Meadows at Rantoul Illiniois, Childred - Institutional care - Illinois - Rantoul, Abandoned children - Services for - Rantoul Illinois
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sociology & Culture; Children & Parenting;
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
Biblio member since 2015
Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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