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Following the Wrong God Home: Footloose in an American Dream
by Chisholm, Clive Scott
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- Hardcover
- Signed
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- ISBN 10
- 0806134887
- ISBN 13
- 9780806134888
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About This Item
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2003. Hardcover. SIGNED. 406pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] 1/4 blue cloth with beige paper covered boards with gilt stamped titles. Very good. The edges of the covers are bumped. There is a thin dark stain that measures 3 and 1/2 inches wide on the bottom edge of the front board. The spine is subtly rolled. There is very minor hatching in pencil on six or so pages. The dust jacket is in very good condition. The edges are lightly bumped and rubbed. The jacket is very gently soiled. There is a small stain on the spine, and there is a thin dark stain on the bottom edge of the front panel. There is also a barely perceptible stain on the bottom edge of the rear panel. Inscribed by the author on the half title page, and signed again on the title page. Chisholm's poetry, fiction, and essays have appeared in numerous journals. This is volume 12 in the Literature of the American West series.
Synopsis
Originally published: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c2003. in series: Literature of the American West ; v. 12. Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26736
- Title
- Following the Wrong God Home: Footloose in an American Dream
- Author
- Chisholm, Clive Scott
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0806134887
- ISBN 13
- 9780806134888
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Place of Publication
- Norman
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- Mormon pioneers; signed; Clive Scott Chisholm; frontier life
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About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
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