Buxton mary wakefield (74 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Returning to his childhood home in Virginia for the funeral of his stepmother, Elizabeth Buxton Styron, acclaimed writer William Styron finds himself plunged into boyhood reminiscence. He is Billy again, fourteen and heartbroken, with a mother recently passed from cancer and a grieving father who has fallen in love with the head nurse at the local hospital. The impending marriage terrifies Billy, who finds his new stepmother's strict worldview stifling to his creativity, his joy, and his hopes for the future. Driven by Elizabeth's desire for him to become a doctor, Billy is sent to Christchurch boarding school, where he finds himself drawn more to writing than to sport, or anything else deemed appropriate for a man of good Southern breeding. Desperate to build a life on his own terms, the young Styron turns to fantasy and alcohol. He emerges a painfully burdened man, hounded by the black dog of depression from which he would never fully escape, and gifted with a foundation of moral sense that would inspire all of his later writing. This is the story of the war Billy fought against the cruelty of circumstance, for the prize of his own soul and future-before he became Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Styron, gaining international recognition for his novel Sophie's Choice. Married into the family at a young age, Mary Wakefield Buxton, the Ohio bride, writes of her mentor and cousin's coming of age with a sympathetic spirit but an objective eye, deftly revealing the complicated psyche of a man tormented by demons of and outside of his own making, and the beauty of the Tidewater region that birthed him.…

Condizione: Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Returning to his childhood home in Virginia for the funeral of his stepmother, Elizabeth Buxton Styron, acclaimed writer William Styron finds himself plunged into boyhood reminiscence. He is Billy again, fourteen and heartbroken, with a mother recently passed from cancer and a grieving father who has fallen in love with the head nurse at the local hospital. The impending marriage terrifies Billy, who finds his new stepmother's strict worldview stifling to his creativity, his joy, and his hopes for the future. Driven by Elizabeth's desire for him to become a doctor, Billy is sent to Christchurch boarding school, where he finds himself drawn more to writing than to sport, or anything else deemed appropriate for a man of good Southern breeding. Desperate to build a life on his own terms, the young Styron turns to fantasy and alcohol. He emerges a painfully burdened man, hounded by the black dog of depression from which he would never fully escape, and gifted with a foundation of moral sense that would inspire all of his later writing. This is the story of the war Billy fought against the cruelty of circumstance, for the prize of his own soul and future-before he became Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Styron, gaining international recognition for his novel Sophie's Choice. Married into the family at a young age, Mary Wakefield Buxton, the Ohio bride, writes of her mentor and cousin's coming of age with a sympathetic spirit but an objective eye, deftly revealing the complicated psyche of a man tormented by demons of and outside of his own making, and the beauty of the Tidewater region that birthed him.…

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Illustrated.

Paperback or Softback. Condizione: New. The Private War of William Styron. Book.

Condizione: New.

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. inscribed and signed by author, 80 pages, photos, illustrated card cover with stapled binding. Cover edges lightly worn, one page toned (likely from newspaper), otherwise fine. Brick and mortar bookshop since 1975. Signed.

Condizione: New. Brand New.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New. In English.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 146 pages. 8.90x6.00x0.30 inches. In Stock.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: new.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New. 1999. paperback. . . . . .

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 200 pages. 11.00x8.50x10.94 inches. In Stock.

Wraps. None. 80 pp, stapled wraps, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, "4/21/90/to . . . . ./Best wishes!/Mary Wakefield Buxton," otherwise like new -- no folds, no creases, no markings, no soiling -- NOT EXLIB. Signed by Author.

HRD. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. Mary Wakefield Buxton traces the Woodlands Division story of Chesapeake Corporation founded in West Point, Virginia, in 9 8. Written as Chesapeake was selling its paper mill at West Point to St. Laurent Paperboard, Inc., and divesting its woodlands to Hancock Timber Resource Group, the book uses personal stories to take a close look at the troubles that employees and others encounter after a sale of a mill or company division. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: Near Fine condition. First Printing of the First Edition. Urbanna, Virginia: Rappahannock Press, Inc , 1991. 5.25" wide by 8" tall. Bright, clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. Flat spine. "First Original Edition" is so stated. Original pictorial wraps. No remainder mark No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate . First Printing of the First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine condition. Illus. by Coker, Gloria (cover art) . xi, 203pp. Coker, Gloria (cover art) (illustratore).…