American Writings; Some Chinese Ghosts; Chita; Two Years in the French West Indies; Youma; Selected Journalism & Letters (Includes Chita; Selected Journalism & Letters; Some Chinese Ghosts; Two Years in the French West Indies; Youma.)
by Hearn, Lafcadio
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About This Item
New York: Library of America 978-1-59853-039-1 [978-1-59853-039-1] 2009. (Hardcover) 848pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Patterned endpapers, photographs, illustrations, chronology, notes, ribbon marker. A remainder mark on the bottom edge. "A singular figure in American letters, Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) had a life as complex as his heritage. Born in the Ionian Islands to a Greek mother and an Irish father, he was abandoned by his parents, raised in boarding schools, and then sent penniless to the United States, where he began a career as a newspaper journalist". Includes Chita, Selected Journalism and Letters, Some Chinese Ghosts, Two Years in the French West Indies & Youma. Locale: Caribbean Islands; Japan; Martinique; United States. (Ideas, Essays, Ideas, Journalism, Reporters).
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- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
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- Title
- American Writings; Some Chinese Ghosts; Chita; Two Years in the French West Indies; Youma; Selected Journalism & Letters (Includes Chita; Selected Journalism & Letters; Some Chinese Ghosts; Two Years in the French West Indies; Youma.)
- Author
- Hearn, Lafcadio
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1598530399
- ISBN 13
- 9781598530391
- Publisher
- Library of America 978-1-59853-039-1
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 2009-03-05
- Keywords
- Ideas, Essays, Ideas, Journalism, Reporters
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy;
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