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Refiner's Fire: the Life and Adventures of Marshall Pearl, a Foundling
by Helprin, Mark
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 0156762404
- ISBN 13
- 9780156762403
- Seller
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Concord, California, United States
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About This Item
Harcourt Brace & Company, 1993. Very Good/Unknown. Octavo, softcover, near fine in beige pictorial wraps. Marshall Pearl is orphaned at birth on an immigrant ship off the coast of Palestine in 1947, then brought to America. His experiences take him from the Hudson River Valley, to Harvard, to sea on a British merchant ship, then finally back to his birthplace, where he serves as an Israeli soldier in the Yom Kippur War. " 373 pp.
Synopsis
An orphaned immigrant's experiences take him from the Hudson River Valley to Harvard, off to sea on a British merchant ship, then finally back to his birthplace, where he serves as an Israeli soldier in the Yom Kippur War.
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- Bookseller
- bookwitch (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46384
- Title
- Refiner's Fire: the Life and Adventures of Marshall Pearl, a Foundling
- Author
- Helprin, Mark
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Unknown
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0156762404
- ISBN 13
- 9780156762403
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace & Company, 1993
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1990-10-20
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