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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Family-owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio. Books shipped within 24 hours. No marks or writing observed in text. Binding tight and square. Spine uncreased - Gently read. Light wear on cover. . . . . . . . Attempt to develop a Thomegrown' spirituality, faithful both to Christianity and the experience of living in Australia. It draws on the understanding by Aboriginal peoples of the sacredness of the land, and the Jewish belief in sacred story. The author is a Catholic priest, biblical scholar and anthropologist. . . . . . . . * PART I: SETTING OUT: 1.) The Search -- 2.) The Gamble ------ * PART II: JOURNEYING UPHILL: 3.) Wide Open Spaces -- 4.) Parched Ground -- 5.) Desert -- 6.) Good Earth -- 7.) The Larrikin -- 8.) The Mess ------ * PART III: TRAVELING TOGETHER: 9.) The Caller -- 10.) Home -- 11.) Party -- 12.) Mate ------- * PART IV: SEARCHING ENDED: 13.) Sun and Rain -- 14.) Wedding.…

Paper Back. Condizione: Very Good. The cover is a bit worn, scuffed and creased. The page edges and first and last pages are well tanned. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size E: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm).

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. 27 pages. First separate printing. In printed blue wraps. Small chip to bottom right corner of cover and first page, tape repairs to reverse side of front cover, but altogether a very good copy of a rare item. SIGNED and inscribed on the front cover: "Compliments of / M. D. Mann." Matthew D. Mann (1844-1921) was one of the physicians who attended President William McKinley after he was shot by Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, in 1901. There were five doctors available and Mann, a gynecologist, took the lead in bringing McKinley to his house and operating on him. Mann decided to leave the bullet in the body and also did not clean the wound. From that infection, McKinley died on September 13, 1901, a week after he was shot. Later, Mann was called on to give reports of McKinley's last words. The U.S. Congress authorized the payment of $10,000 to Doctor Mann in 1902 for his efforts to save the life of the President. Signed by Author(s). …