The Immigrants
by Fast, Howard
- Used
- Condition
- near fine: slightest signs of shelf wear. else clean, bright, square, tight./very good: corner wear including small closed tear on front lower corner edge. age wear. not clipped.
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
A love story of trememdous beauty...a tale of passion, adventure, and ambition set against the streets of San Francisco, America's most romantic city.Dav Lavette, the son of an Italian fisherman, battles from the rubble of the San Francisco earthquake to build a fortune in the shipping industry. Fising to success through hard work and a loveless marriage to the daughter of the city's wealthiest family, he risks it all for hte exotic beauty of a woman who shares his secret and scandalous passion.From Nob Hill to the harbor, San Francisco comes alive through three immigrant families—Italian, Irish, and Chinese—whose intertwining dreams are propelled by the emotional events of America's coming of age...
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Details
- Seller
- Matthew's Books LLC (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 678
- Title
- The Immigrants
- Author
- Fast, Howard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - near fine: slightest signs of shelf wear. else clean, bright, square, tight.
- Jacket Condition
- very good: corner wear including small closed tear on front lower corner edge. age wear. not clipped.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- fiction, California
Terms of Sale
Matthew's Books LLC
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- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...