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Imagined Places: Journeys into Literary America
by Pearson, Michael
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0878055266
- ISBN 13
- 9780878055265
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About This Item
Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.A. and London, England: Univ Press of Mississippi, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket. Archival protective cover. Photographs by John Lawrence and Joel Mednick. Slight rubbing to heel of green cloth over spine, else Fine. A different type of travelogue in which the author visits the landscapes of six different authors, entering an imaginery realm that only books can convey-Robert Frost's New England vista; the Deep South and Flannery O'Connor; in Mississippi he finds the essence of William Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha; Key West and Ernest Hemingway; Salina Valley and John Steinbeck; and Hannibal, MO and Mark Twain. Monotone photographs capture each author's world. 323 pages. 6.25 x 9.25 inches. 1991, Univ Press of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.A. And London, England
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025400
- Title
- Imagined Places: Journeys into Literary America
- Author
- Pearson, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0878055266
- ISBN 13
- 9780878055265
- Publisher
- Univ Press of Mississippi
- Place of Publication
- Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.A. and London, England
- Date Published
- 1991
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- LITERARY LANDMARKS AUTHORS JOURNEYS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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