christopher strange de mckee ruth eleanor (3 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Poor. No Jacket. a novel. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Former library book. Has been repaired by replacing the spine and meanding the hinges. Has been glued back into its covers after being shaken loose. The hinges have been meanded preserving the original covers and spine. Binding is moderately loose. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Ex-Library.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Fair dj. Illustrated by (dj painting) Edward Laning (illustrateur). First Edition. [shopworn copy, binding solid but with slight fraying to cloth along bottom edge and at top of spine, some discoloration to endpapers; jacket is well-worn, small tears and minor paper loss at several corners, faded at spine, old external tape reinforcements across both ends of spine extending into front and rear panels]. Historical novel, set from 1853 through 1901, centering around a Massachusetts minister and his young lawyer son who catch California fever, "the pull of the pioneering spirit," and set off for the West. "In a sweeping, panoramic novel of the turbulent years of growth of a great state, [the author] tells the story of their trek across the continent, their settlement in the fabulous town of San Francisco, and their participation in the stirring events of the next half-century." (The father is described as a "friend of Emerson, Thoreau and Bronson Alcott," and transforms himself from a man of the cloth into a teacher, while the son goes into politics; after the Civil War he leads "a spirited but futile resistance against the domination of California by the Big Four." (This reference is to the guys who built the Central Pacific Railroad: Leland Stanford, Collis Potter Huntington, Mark Hopkins, and Charles Crocker.).

Hard Cover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition, First Thus. Text/Near New, showing trace margin discoloration. Illustrated beige linen boards/NF light edge rubs. DJ/None. Dyed upper text edge. Discoloration to endpapers. A novel of California from Gold Rush days through the turn of the century, including the development of Palm Springs. Author, poet and historian Ruth Eleanor McKee (1903 -) chroncles the story of young Christopher Strange's departure from Concord, Massachusetts in 1854 westward. through 1901. Stated First Edition.