Dirty Bird Blues: a novel [signed] by Major, Clarence - 1996

Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Mercury House, 1996. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Mercury House, 1996. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Mercury House, 1996. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Mercury House, 1996-05. Hardcover. Good.

San Francisco. 1996. Mercury House. 1st Printing. Very Good in Dustjacket W/A Small Tear On The Front. 1562790838 . 279 pages. hardcover. Front jacket design by Sharon Smith. Jacket illustration: ‘Country Boogie’ by Clarence Major. keywords: Literature Black America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - DIRTY BIRD BLUES tells the story of Manfred Banks, a Chicago blues musician and blue-collar worker, who drifts from Chicago to Omaha in the early 1950s. Caught between the casual comfort of a relationship with a male buddy and the domestic responsibilities of a wife and child in a racist America that assaults him at every turn, Manfred seeks easy answers in ‘Dirty Bird' (Old Crow whiskey) and in moving on. But the blues in his soul and the dreams in his mind keep bringing him back to face himself. After a nightmarish descent into his own depths, Manfred emerges with fresh awareness and possibility. Through Manfred we witness and experience the process by which modern American English has been… Read More

Mercury House, May 1996. Hardcover. USED Good.

San Francisco: Mercury House, 1996. Hardcover. 279p., first printing. Blues novel, set in the midwest in the early 1950s.

San Francisco. 1996. Mercury House. 1st Printing. Very Good in Dustjacket. 1562790838. 279 pages. hardcover. Front jacket design by Sharon Smith. Jacket illustration: ‘Country Boogie’ by Clarence Major. keywords: Literature Black America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - DIRTY BIRD BLUES tells the story of Manfred Banks, a Chicago blues musician and blue-collar worker, who drifts from Chicago to Omaha in the early 1950s. Caught between the casual comfort of a relationship with a male buddy and the domestic responsibilities of a wife and child in a racist America that assaults him at every turn, Manfred seeks easy answers in ‘Dirty Bird' (Old Crow whiskey) and in moving on. But the blues in his soul and the dreams in his mind keep bringing him back to face himself. After a nightmarish descent into his own depths, Manfred emerges with fresh awareness and possibility. Through Manfred we witness and experience the process by which modern American English has been vitalized and strengthened by the… Read More