William crook ross thomas (4 risultati)

hardcover. first edition. 8vo 192pp. Introductions by Hubert Humphrey and Sargent Shriver. from front flap: "Their ages range from eighteen to eighty-six. Their skills vary from the law to plumbing to literature. Many work eighteen hours a day, seven days a week, for a monthly stipend of $50. Their homes for one year or more are the slums of Boston, an Apache reservation, the hollows of Appalachia--wherever the poor reside. All have one thing in common: they are VISTA Volunteers. Warriors for the Poor is a graphic, vital, and, at times, moving report on VISTA, America's first federally sponsored, domestic people-to-people program." #01605. Book VG: mild shelf wear, else clean, tight, unmarked. DJ VG: age toning/spotting to rear cover, NOT clipped ($5.95).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1969. First Edition. Signed and inscribed on half title page by author Ross Thomas. Octavo (21.5cm). Dust jacket with $5.95 price unclipped. Black publisher's binding. Illustrated with 14 black and white images. 192 pp. Dust jacket rubbed with slight wear and toning along edges. Front flap creased. Boards shelfworn with bumped corners. Erasure mark on front free endpaper. Pages clean and unmarked. Binding sound. Overall, book is in very good condition Inscription on half title page states: "For Wayne Warga, The World's Longest Press Release, Ross Thomas." Warga (1938 - 1994) was an author and foreign correspondent best known for his entertainment reporting. President John F. Kennedy created the VISTA, or Volunteers In Service To America, program in 1964 to provide support to low income communities by utilizing skilled volunteers. It was conceived as a domestic counterpart to the international PeaceCorps program and eventually became part of AmericCorps in 1993. While it still exists today, its funding is threatened under the Trump Administration and its future remains unknown.…