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DEEP SOUTH
by Barr, Nevada
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0399145869
- ISBN 13
- 9780399145865
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, dark green quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over maroon boards with blind-stamped "NB," Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a curving path running between overhanging trees and lurking croc & red snake by Rob Wood, map endpapers, [xii] + 340 pages. 2001 Anthony Award nominee. 2001 BARRY AWARD WINNER for BEST NOVEL. Barr's 8th Anna Pigeon Mystery. Nevada Barr"s National Park series continues with Park Ranger Anna Pigeon traveling to the Natchez Trace Parkway in Mississippi and Tennessee, where she encounters awful secrets about a racially-inspired murder in the heart of the South. SIGNED by the Author & in Exceptional Condition! No remainder marks. Dust jacket protected by a Mylar-sleeve.
Synopsis
Nevada Barr's ever-popular Anna Pigeon series is consistently praised as "exceptional" (Denver Post), "stunning" (Seattle Times), and "superb" (New York Times Book Review). In Deep South, Park Ranger Anna Pigeon heads to Mississippi, only to encounter terrible secrets in the heart of the southAnna Pigeon finally gives in to her bureaucratic clock-and signs on for a promotion. Next thing she knows, she's knee-deep in mud and Mississippi. Not exactly what she had in mind. Almost immediately, as the new district ranger on the Natchez Trace, Anna discovers the body of a young prom queen near a country cemetery, a sheet around her head, a noose around her neck. It's a bizarre twist on a best-forgotten past of frightening racial undertones. As fast as the ever-encroaching kudzu vines of the region, the roots of this story run deep-and threaten to suffocate anyone in the way, including Anna...
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1849
- Title
- DEEP SOUTH
- Author
- Barr, Nevada
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0399145869
- ISBN 13
- 9780399145865
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- Southwest, Park Ranger, Indians, poachers, hunting, murder, national parks, desert, hiking, Natchez Trace, Mississippi, Tennessee, blacks,
Terms of Sale
Borg Antiquarian
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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- G
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