A CIVIL ACTION
by Jonathan Harr
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- AS NEW book in AS NEW unclipped dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0394563492
- ISBN 13
- 9780394563497
- Seller
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McCrae, Victoria, Australia
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Synopsis
For the film starring John Travolta, see A Civil Action (film) A Civil Action is a 1996 non-fiction novel by Jonathan Harr depicting the real-life water contamination case in Woburn, Massachusetts in the 1980s. The book became a best-seller and won the National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction. The case is Anderson v. Cryovac. The first reported decision in the case is at 96 F.R.D. 431 (denial of defendants' motion to dismiss).
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- Bookseller
- Pegasus Book Orphanage (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33416
- Title
- A CIVIL ACTION
- Author
- Jonathan Harr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, 6½" x 9¾", with dust jacket
- Book Condition
- New AS NEW book in AS NEW unclipped dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394563492
- ISBN 13
- 9780394563497
- Publisher
- Random House, New York - ISBN:0394563492 first edition
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Pages
- 502 pages
- Keywords
- xxx Trials Litigation Pollution Contamination Legal Law Liability Woburn Toxic Torts NOAMZCOM Trials Legislation
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