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The Education of Little Tree
by Carter, Forrest (Asa Earl)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 044002319X
- ISBN 13
- 9780440023197
- Seller
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Northfield, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Delacorte Press, 1976. Offered as a memoir of Little Tree, an orphan raised by his Cherokee grandparents in their Tennesseee log cabin. Later to be revealed as fiction, the author was not Cherokee but segregationist and former Ku Klux Klan organizer Asa Earl Carter. First printing. Bumped with a touch of wear at the edges, drip mark to the upper edge of the text block. Pages tanned, binding square and solid, previous owner's gift inscription inside. Jacket lightly rubbed and crimped with two short tears to the upper edge. Lower corner of the rear flap creased, in Brodart.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
Synopsis
The Education of Little Tree is a memoir-style fictional novel written by Asa Earl Carter under the pseudonym Forrest Carter. Since its first publication by Delacorte Press in 1976, the book has been the subject of acclaim. Many people have been drawn to its message of simple living, tradition, and love of nature. However, The Education of Little Tree has also been the subject of controversy after the publication of an article on October 4, 1991 by Dan T.
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- Bookseller
- MLC Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 231267
- Title
- The Education of Little Tree
- Author
- Carter, Forrest (Asa Earl)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 044002319X
- ISBN 13
- 9780440023197
- Publisher
- Delacorte Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1976
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
MLC Books
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Northfield, Minnesota
About MLC Books
MLC Books has been selling online since 2006, with a heavy emphasis on vintage and collectible crime fiction, other fiction, and books related to Minnesota. A diverse general stock available as well.
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Edges
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