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Practicing History: Selected Essays
by Tuchman, Barbara W
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394520866
- ISBN 13
- 9780394520865
- Seller
-
New Port Richey, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. BC-unstated . Cloth. Good/Good. Large, heavy book, quality black cloth, bright gilt initials at top front right, gilt lettering bright on spine, front cover very slightly flared open, 306 pages with essays on History, Japan, Israel, Woodrow Wilson, World War I, Vietnam and more. DJ glossy light pink, black lettering, photo of Tuchman on back. DJ has tiny tear at top front tip, very tiny tear and crease at top front edge, thin 3/8" tear at top back edge. DJ and book, just Good.
Synopsis
Barbara W. Tuchman (1912–1989) achieved prominence as a historian with The Zimmermann Telegram and international fame with The Guns of August —a huge bestseller and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Her other works include Bible and Sword, The Proud Tower, Stilwell and the American Experience in China (for which Tuchman was awarded a second Pulitzer Prize), Notes from China, A Distant Mirror, Practicing History, The March of Folly, and The First Salute .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Callaghan Books South (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51597
- Title
- Practicing History: Selected Essays
- Author
- Tuchman, Barbara W
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- BC-unstated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394520866
- ISBN 13
- 9780394520865
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Essays History Japan Israel Woodrow Wilson World War I Vietnam
- Bookseller catalogs
- Vietnam Conflict; History;
Terms of Sale
Callaghan Books South
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About the Seller
Callaghan Books South
Biblio member since 2004
New Port Richey, Florida
About Callaghan Books South
An internet bookstore, we have added 20 books a day to our inventory for a total of more than 40,000, specializing in Poetry, Vietnam Conflict, Native American, Literary Criticism.
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