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Painted Turtle: Woman with Guitar
by Major, Clarence
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1557130027
- ISBN 13
- 9781557130020
- Seller
-
New Castle, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Sun and Moon Press, 1987. First edition. Hard cover. Very Good/Very Good. Previous owner name on front endpaper, else In Very Good+ condition with Very Good+ Dustjacket. "Painted Turtle" is at the center of a lyrical tale narrated by Baldy, A Navajo guitar player. This masterful novel is a testament not only to the strength of the southwestern Indian, but to the strength of human endurance and to an abiding faith in that endurance. Clarence Major (born December 31, 1936) is an American poet, painter, and novelist; winner of the 2015 "Lifetime Achievement Award in the Fine Arts", presented by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. He was awarded the 2016 PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. Painted Turtle: Woman With Guitar (1988) was cited by The New York Times Book Review as a "Notable Book of The Year" 1988.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU2010022030
- Title
- Painted Turtle: Woman with Guitar
- Author
- Major, Clarence
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1557130027
- ISBN 13
- 9781557130020
- Publisher
- Sun and Moon Press
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 1987
- X weight
- 11 oz
Terms of Sale
Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller
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New Castle, Colorado
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