Showdown Semester: Advice from a Writing Professor
by Russ, Martin
- Used
- first
- Condition
- very good: toning stripe on paste downs, endpapers, else clean, square, tight. mild shelfwear./good: price clipped, some rubbing.
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
Crown Publishers, Inc, 1980. first edition. hardcover. very good: toning stripe on paste downs, endpapers, else clean, square, tight. mild shelfwear./good: price clipped, some rubbing.. 8vo 214pp. from front flap: "In a class-by-class account of two writing courses (Exposition and Fiction Workshop) at a major university, Martin Russ gives us a penetrating look at what goes on in these classes. Addressed to a friend about to teach her first writing course, Showdown Semester is a serious instruction manual for writing teachers. But students will find it useful as well." #00836.
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- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 753
- Title
- Showdown Semester: Advice from a Writing Professor
- Author
- Russ, Martin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - very good: toning stripe on paste downs, endpapers, else clean, square, tight. mild shelfwear.
- Jacket Condition
- good: price clipped, some rubbing.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Publisher
- Crown Publishers, Inc
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- writing, teaching, nonfiction, first edition
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Matthew's Books LLC
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About Matthew's Books LLC
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