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Chesapeake
by Michener, James A
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Book is in Very Good condition./Dust Jacket has normal wear and tear for a Book which is over 40 years old. There is a one-inch tear in the Dust Jacket at the
- ISBN 10
- 0394500792
- ISBN 13
- 9780394500799
- Seller
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Shawnee, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Book has 865 pages. Although the front material does not indicate this is a First Edition, this copy was printed in 1978, the first year the Book was published. Chesapeake is one of many masterpiece Novels told by Author, James Michener. This Book is set mostly in the Chesapeake Bay area and introduces the reader to several characters from the late 1500's to the late 1800's in the Eastern United States, who settled this area of Maryland and were its founders. He then follows the descendants of these characters through the generations.
Synopsis
James A. Michener was one of the world’s most popular writers, the author of more than forty books of fiction and nonfiction, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning Tales of the South Pacific, the bestselling novels The Source, Hawaii, Alaska, Chesapeake, Centennial, Texas, Caribbean, and Caravans, and the memoir The World Is My Home . Michener served on the advisory council to NASA and the International Broadcast Board, which oversees the Voice of America. Among dozens of awards and honors, he received America’s highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in 1977, and an award from the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities in 1983 for his commitment to art in America. Michener died in 1997 at the age of ninety.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Silver Wave Auctions and Sales
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19-0055
- Title
- Chesapeake
- Author
- Michener, James A
- Format/Binding
- Binding is in Good condition. There is separation of the book from the book backing at the top of the spine..
- Book Condition
- Used - Book is in Very Good condition.
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket has normal wear and tear for a Book which is over 40 years old. There is a one-inch tear in the Dust Jacket at the
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Unknown, and not specified.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394500792
- ISBN 13
- 9780394500799
- Publisher
- Random House, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- Novel, Chesapeake Bay area, Eastern U.s. History, Indians, Immigrants and Slaves.
- Size
- 8.5 "x 5.8" x 2.0"
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About the Seller
Silver Wave Auctions and Sales
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Shawnee, Kansas
About Silver Wave Auctions and Sales
My business includes selling books of all subjects and price ranges including First Edition, Non-Fiction, Biographies and Auto-Biographies, with an emphasis on military history, U.S. history, presidents, political science and former and current world leaders. Other interests include aviation, aerospace and science.I also will include magazines of many different titles and subjects in my store.
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- First Edition
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