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Laughing Whitefish
by Traver, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine in very good dust jacket. Jacket has back top tear, half-inch, and light edge wear. Unmarked book volume.
- Seller
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Newport, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
New York / Toronto / London.: McGraw-Hill Book Company., 1965. Book Club Edition.. Hard cover. Fine in very good dust jacket. Jacket has back top tear, half-inch, and light edge wear. Unmarked book volume.. 1 Light blue and black vinyl over boards. Red-orange spine titles. 222 p. 22 cm. Jacket: gavel photo on brown; titles in blue, white, red. Tan and blue-white spine titles. Mystery novel set in Michigan's Upper Peninsula in 1873. Newcomer and attorney Willy Poe meets Laughing Whitefish, a young Chippewa woman, who seeks his help for her late father's estate. A document gives him a share in the Jackson iron ore mine. The case is one of an impoverished native up against the powerful, education, Christian mine owners. Author Robert Traver had earlier published the now classic novel, "Anatomy of a Murder".
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- Seller
- Hedgehog's Whimsey Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- Alibris.Mys1760010231
- Title
- Laughing Whitefish
- Author
- Traver, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in very good dust jacket. Jacket has back top tear, half-inch, and light edge wear. Unmarked book volume.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Book Company.
- Place of Publication
- New York / Toronto / London.
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- Author: "Anatomy of a Murder"|Chippewa inheritance vs. iron ore mining company
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mysteries;
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About the Seller
Hedgehog's Whimsey Books
Biblio member since 2017
Newport, New Hampshire
About Hedgehog's Whimsey Books
Hedgehog's Whimsey Books was born in a random moment when I decided to become a used books seller. Beginning in 2001, I apprenticed myself with a longtime pro in the next town, hoping to learn her secrets. She encouraged my free help but was wary of sharing all those secrets. Nonetheless, she turned me loose when she felt I would not embarrass her; she was impressed, finding I actually knew something about books and authors and styles. I am still learning, and I am having a good time with the random avalanches of books to be recycled into good homes, one by one. Inventory has mounted: my mother downsized her 7,000-plus library, and we (my Geezer and I) went to library book sales, yard emporiums on weekends, estate dispersals, and added the books my kids left behind, wanting to stock their own shelves anew. Some folks simply tooled down our dirt road and left boxes on our porch. Myself? Well, I am also a photographer, journalist, curious stuff collector, avid reader, writer, editor, small-time publisher, and online pontificator. At Hedgehog Enterprises, I do "Words & Pictures by & for Folks with Prickly Backs, Soft Bellies, & Small Brains", established in 1991. Since I have the smallest brain (by unpopular vote), I am the Head Hedgehog. Do I specialize in particular genres? I thought I did, but my barn has lots of Geezer-built shelves, and we have many interests, so topics vary, as do book conditions and editions. I try to describe such, and sometimes have too much fun as I poke along. There is no charge for the therapy of browsing, folks, so find my sites and stay awhile. If a purchase results, know that the tax collector in Newport, New Hampshire, may get a pleasant surprise. Or, I may buy a few more apple cider donuts or sweet potatoes. No pressure. Hedgehogs do have yearnings. If you should visit by chance or by appointment, enjoy our old New Hampshire farmhouse location alongside the Sugar River and its companion recreation Rail Trail, nearby two historic railroad covered bridges just off Chandlers Mill Road. Feel welcome. -- Lucy G Wells, proprietor.
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