ISBN: 9780679451174 - the amalgamation polka (37 risultati)

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. A Civil War novel unlike any other: the story of a young man's journey through a nation blasted apart.Born in 1844, Liberty Fish is the descendant of both Carolina slaveholders and New York abolitionists. In hopes of reconciling the warring strands of his heritage, he escapes his home in the North -- first into the cauldron of the Civil War, and then into the even more disturbing bedlam that follows.The Amalgamation Polka showcases not only the brutality of this tragic passage in American history, but also its surprising compassion and hope. In language both true to its time and completely modern, it is revelatory and mesmerizing, a novel that will bring a smile to your own lips as it sets your brain on fire. (Jason McBride, the Village Voice). …

Hardback. Condizione: Good. A Civil War novel unlike any other: the story of a young man's journey through a nation blasted apart.Born in 1844, Liberty Fish is the descendant of both Carolina slaveholders and New York abolitionists. In hopes of reconciling the warring strands of his heritage, he escapes his home in the North -- first into the cauldron of the Civil War, and then into the even more disturbing bedlam that follows.The Amalgamation Polka showcases not only the brutality of this tragic passage in American history, but also its surprising compassion and hope. In language both true to its time and completely modern, it is revelatory and mesmerizing, a novel that will bring a smile to your own lips as it sets your brain on fire. (Jason McBride, the Village Voice).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; 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.

Condizione: Good. First Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. …

Condizione: Good. First Edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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.

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.

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.

Hardback. Condizione: Good. A Civil War novel unlike any other: the story of a young man's journey through a nation blasted apart.Born in 1844, Liberty Fish is the descendant of both Carolina slaveholders and New York abolitionists. In hopes of reconciling the warring strands of his heritage, he escapes his home in the North -- first into the cauldron of the Civil War, and then into the even more disturbing bedlam that follows.The Amalgamation Polka showcases not only the brutality of this tragic passage in American history, but also its surprising compassion and hope. In language both true to its time and completely modern, it is revelatory and mesmerizing, a novel that will bring a smile to your own lips as it sets your brain on fire. (Jason McBride, the Village Voice).…

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. A Civil War novel unlike any other: the story of a young man's journey through a nation blasted apart.Born in 1844, Liberty Fish is the descendant of both Carolina slaveholders and New York abolitionists. In hopes of reconciling the warring strands of his heritage, he escapes his home in the North -- first into the cauldron of the Civil War, and then into the even more disturbing bedlam that follows.The Amalgamation Polka showcases not only the brutality of this tragic passage in American history, but also its surprising compassion and hope. In language both true to its time and completely modern, it is revelatory and mesmerizing, a novel that will bring a smile to your own lips as it sets your brain on fire. (Jason McBride, the Village Voice). …

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.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. crisp clean w/light shelfwear/edgewear - may have remainder mark Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. 9.3 X 6.5 X 1.4 inches; 304 pages fmc2%262D.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher, NY. Pre-publication limited release advance reader's copy/edition. This Civil War novel is about Liberty Fish, the son of a Northern father & a mother who was exiled from her family's South Carolina plantation. Liberty was raised in upstate New York where his parents ran a station on the Undergorund Railroad. Liberty enlists in the Union Army when the war breaks out & eventually makes his way to his mother's childhood home with the vague intention of confronting the people who caused his mother so much pain. Very good soft bound copy. 323 pages. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. The critically acclaimed author of 'M31: A Family Romance,' 'Going Native,' and 'Meditations in Green' brings us a Civil War novel like no other. Liberty Fish is the son of abolitionists and the grandson of Carolina slaveholders. With racial tensions rising and the onset of war around the corner, Liberty's mother receives an distressing letter. Sent by her parents, the letter starts a conflict that will eventually take her life and thrust Liberty into the horrors of war. Both heartbreaking and comedic, brutal and compassionate, 'Amalgamation Polka' is a stirring tale of a family torn apart during America's darkest hour.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. RELIABLE library withdrawal with a NICE dust jacket in the plastic, protective cover. Stamped at the page edge with a card pocket page on the inside.The card pocket has been removed leaving a rip mark. Light scuff to the plastic cover. This edition is PRESENTABLE.

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. None Issued. Uncorrected Proof. This is a Fine copy of the Uncorrected Proof (Advance Reader's Edition) in decorated wrappers.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. First Edition. Publisher: Knopf, New York, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. FINE- hardcover book in FINE- dust-jacket. NOT remainder marked. NOT price-clipped. NOT faded. NOT book club edition. NOT ex-library. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Near Fine. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. A "Civil War" novel; authors fourth book; 323pp. Tight, clean copy in bright dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Like New. Publisher: Knopf, NY, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. FINE hardcover book in FINE dust-jacket. PRISTINE. As New. Unread. Not remainder marked. Not price-clipped. Not a book club edition. Not an ex-library copy. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.…

Condizione: VERY GOOD. First printing. The author's fourth novel, a Civil War novel which ranges from the underground railroad near the Erie Canal to the Bahamas, bleeding Kansas and the fields of battle. Thomas Pychon called this 'a dark and lyrical tale of madness and prophecy' and says that Wright now 'honorably takes his place' among our finest storytellers. 323 pp. Very good in very good dust jacket (crease on front endpaper, a bit of bleeding from the bottom edge of the boards to the interior of the dj).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Like New. First Edition, First Printing. FINE hardcover book in FINE dust-jacket. As New. Unread. NOT marked. NOT price-clipped. NOT remaindered. NOT faded. NOT book club edition. NOT ex-library. PRISTINE. All of our dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective book jacket covers.…

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. New York. First edition, as staed. First printing. Hardbound. A pristine unread copy, never even opened. Very fine/very fine in all respects. Comes with mylar dust jacket protector. Smoke free shop. All books shipped in sturdy boxes.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 24.95 G FICT - Wright T1257. Signed. First Edition. SIGNED by the author. First edition hardcover with very good dust jacket. VERY GOOD - Collectible. Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition. Signed by Author(s).