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Ironweed

Ironweed

Ironweed
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Ironweed

by Kennedy, William

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0670401765
ISBN 13
9780670401765
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 1983. Very Good+ in a Near Fine dustjacket. Black and gray boards. The spine is stamped in silver. Octavo. 227pps. The board-edges are mildly rubbed and there is dustspotting, faint, to the closed page-edges and endpapers. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. No previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has touches of crinkling at the tips and a crease in the rear flap; the original price (14.75) is intact. A nice, collector's-quality copy of this highly-regarded novel, winner of the Pulitzer Prize.<br><br><font color=#003366><b> "By 1938, Francis Phelan, whose gift of gab has always broken his fall, is a stumblebum, sleeping in missions and hobo jungles, and picking up day labor as a gravedigger, an occupation that draws him back to an Albany frozen in memory. Francis and Helen, his faithful co-conspirator in survival, shuffle their ragtag way along the wetly shimmering streets of their big little town. Destiny is not their business."<br><br></font></b> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos can be emailed upon request.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover.

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The third novel in William Kennedy’s Albany Cycle series, Ironweed (1983) is set during the Great Depression. It follows Francis Phelan, a drifter from Albany, New York. After a devastating accident where he killed his child, he becomes a wandering alcoholic, but at the beginning of the novel has returned home. Detailing Francis’s life following his homecoming, Ironwood tells the tragic tale of a man haunted by his past. The striking novel won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1984 and was adapted into a film in 1987.

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Ironweed
Author
Kennedy, William
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used
Edition
First Edition, First Printing
ISBN 10
0670401765
ISBN 13
9780670401765
Publisher
Viking Press
Place of Publication
New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published
1983
Keywords
WILLIAM KENNEDY IRONWEED FIRST EDITIONS AMERICAN LITERATURE LITERARY FICTION ALBANY CYCLE FRANCIS PHELAN 1930S DEPRESSION ERA COLLECTIBLE BOOKS NOVELS

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