Mcmillan norman (65 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardback. Condizione: Good. Two central Alabama counties, Hale and Tuscaloosa, provide the setting for Distant Son, the absorbing story of a young boy struggling, during the forties and fifties, to define himself in a world of poverty and deprivation.Norman McMillan was the eighth of ten children. His forceful mother Lucille was greatly ambitious for her children, and his feckless father Albert never knew how to capitalise on his advantages. During much of young McMillan?s first eighteen years, his family sharecropped, living in a series of rough, unpainted houses and struggling to claw out a meager living by truck farming.Despite the deprivation the family faced, they seldom dwelled on their straitened circumstances. Lucille preached a strange sort of noblesse oblige based on ancestral pride. Because their riches of birth and ability were far greater than mere material possessions, Lucille taught her children to think of themselves as superior to many people who were better off economically. Any deprivation they experienced was temporary and would only serve to strengthen and toughen their character. It was, she assumed, their birthright to succeed and prevail. Meanwhile, Albert, whose family provided the illustrious ancestors held up as models, drank up his meager money, sold off his property, and, as the years passed, withdrew more and more from the world.Both comical and moving, Distant Son tells the story of these parents and their children as well as their relatives and neighbours. It depicts with rich and lively detail a life that was largely fading in the boom years of the 1940s and 1950s, but a world in which many people still found themselves. Without self-pity, the memoir celebrates the human spirit and its triumphant power to transcend temporary circumstances. …

Hardback. Condizione: Good. Two central Alabama counties, Hale and Tuscaloosa, provide the setting for Distant Son, the absorbing story of a young boy struggling, during the forties and fifties, to define himself in a world of poverty and deprivation.Norman McMillan was the eighth of ten children. His forceful mother Lucille was greatly ambitious for her children, and his feckless father Albert never knew how to capitalise on his advantages. During much of young McMillan?s first eighteen years, his family sharecropped, living in a series of rough, unpainted houses and struggling to claw out a meager living by truck farming.Despite the deprivation the family faced, they seldom dwelled on their straitened circumstances. Lucille preached a strange sort of noblesse oblige based on ancestral pride. Because their riches of birth and ability were far greater than mere material possessions, Lucille taught her children to think of themselves as superior to many people who were better off economically. Any deprivation they experienced was temporary and would only serve to strengthen and toughen their character. It was, she assumed, their birthright to succeed and prevail. Meanwhile, Albert, whose family provided the illustrious ancestors held up as models, drank up his meager money, sold off his property, and, as the years passed, withdrew more and more from the world.Both comical and moving, Distant Son tells the story of these parents and their children as well as their relatives and neighbours. It depicts with rich and lively detail a life that was largely fading in the boom years of the 1940s and 1950s, but a world in which many people still found themselves. Without self-pity, the memoir celebrates the human spirit and its triumphant power to transcend temporary circumstances. …

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Condizione: very_good. Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail.…

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New.

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. 210pp. Inscribed on title page by Norman McMillan (author of the Foreword). Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. hardcover in fine condition with fine dust jacket.

Wraps. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Articles in above - special issue devoted to Agony, Empahty, and Pathos in Modern Literatue and Film.

Soft Binding. Condizione: Fine Condition. First Edition 1st Edition. Signed By McMillan.

Hardcover. First edition. The catalogue for a major traveling solo exhibition of Lockhart's work, concentrating on her photographic and cinematic work since 1994, including her major film projects Goshogaoka (1997) and Teatro Amazonas (1999). Photographs and stills from films by Sharon Lockhart; curated and with an essay by Dominic Molon; essay by Norman Bryson; statement by C. Steven McMillan; foreword by Robert Fitzpatrick. 112 pages; 35 color plates + text illustrations; 10.25 x 10 inches. Bibliography; filmography; biography. Text in English. Condition: AS NEW hardcover in the publisher's shrink wrap with a light tap to one edge and a hint of wear at a couple of tips; no dj as issued. Ships the next business day, wrapped in padding, in a box. …

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 115 pages. 17.5 cm. Red lettering on yellow wraps. Light soiling to rear cover. Third Printing, 1960 (first printing in 1955). A tight and bright little book.

Board. Condizione: Near Fine. First Edition. Near Fine 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. pp.115. 30 stories written in the 1940s-1950s to entertain and educate the lessons learned through the history of the Boy Scouts experiences. clean tight copy minuscule edge and corner wear.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Pp. 208. Scarce.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. 4th printing of 1st edn. of 1955. Owner's name. Wrappers worn, soiled and surface lifted in a small area on the rear. Thirty short tales to be told around the campfire. Book.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Acceptable. HARDCOVER Acceptable - This is a significantly damaged book. It should be considered a reading copy only. Please order this book only if you are interested in the content and not the condition. May be ex-library. Standard-sized.

Condizione: new.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. Owner's initials on inside. Otherwise unmarked.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 184 pages. 7.90x5.90x0.90 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: VG. Condizione sovraccoperta: VG-. Large, oversize hardback first edition in pictorial covers with little wear; pages tight, clean, white. Minor DJ wear (no tears) , with two scratches on rear panel. Not library discard. .

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Clothbound with dustjacket is very clean with gift inscription to prior owner on end paper, with additional inscription to prior owner on title page by author (with signature). Else wise unmarked. Edges are square. Binding is tight. …

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Standard-sized.

Softcover. Condizione: Good. Third Printing. 115 p. 17.5 cm. Sound binding in cardstock covers. Spine slightly twisted. Name and soft crease on front cover. Soil and rubbing to edges and insect damage along back fore-edge. Inside pages are generally clean and unmarked, with slight edge toning. About thirty short fictional stories of boy scouts and their activities.…

Condizione: New.