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In The New World: Growing Up With America, 1960-1984 - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Wright, Lawrence
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0394542827
- ISBN 13
- 9780394542829
- Seller
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1987. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0394542827 . First edition/first printing in Near Fine condition, slightly cocked, in Fine dust-jacket. From the collection of Betty Anderson, legendary art director of publisher Knopf in the late 20th century as evidenced by her (small and unobtrusive) inventory number; Jr.This autobiography of a privileged white American teenager from the 1960s to the early 1980s tells the story of Lawrence Wright's tumultuous journey from innocence to experience, from the bubble of privilege to the stormy world of political activism, from the security of the suburbs to the turmoil of the ghetto, from the conformity of school to the creativity of the street. Wright's frank and lively writing captures the excitement and the terror of growing up during a time of great change, when the old order was being challenged by waves of new immigrants, when women were asserting their right to be heard, when the ideal of the American Dream was being tested. Wright's book is a unique and powerful portrait of a generation of young Americans forging their own identity in the face of great challenges.; 8vo .
Synopsis
Lawrence Wright graduated from Tulane University and spent two years teaching at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. He is a staff writer for The New Yorker and a fellow at the Center on Law and Security at New York University School of Law. The author of five works of nonfiction, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Looming Tower , he has also written a novel, God's Favorite , and was cowriter of the movie The Siege . He and his wife are longtime residents of Austin, Texas.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20986
- Title
- In The New World: Growing Up With America, 1960-1984 - 1st Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- Wright, Lawrence
- Format/Binding
- 1/4 Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394542827
- ISBN 13
- 9780394542829
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Cons Betty Anderson, American Culture
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