I Still Dream about Columbus Tapa dura - 1982

St. Martin's Press, 1982. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

St. Martin's Press, 1982. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: St Martins Press, 1982. Jacket in brodart, light edgewear. Boards have minor shelfwear. Usual library markings. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

St. Martin's Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

St Martins Pr. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

As new, unread, unopened copy in like jacket, as shown, Still in Shrink Wrap.
KIRKUS REVIEW
Depression childhood in Columbus, Ohio--as remembered, with sticky nostalgia, by narrator Kenneth John Riley. The central figure in Ken's dreamy recollection of hard times is Pop, of course--who saves very carefully from his radiator-shop job, gives up his dream of country living ("Son, you can't always have everything you want") buys a house for Mom and the four kids . . . and then promptly has his first heart attack. Other miseries soon follow: jovial Uncle Jack loses his business, commits suicide; Ken shoots his beloved dog by mistake; the family loses everything when the bank fails; they're too poor for a Christmas tree (Ken and sister Gall, in tears, nail some branches to a dead tree trunk). And then the Klan zeroes in on the Catholic Rileys because Ken has refused to identify a hungry Negro who robbed them: thanks to a Klan-connected mortgage-company, the Rileys will eventually… Leer más

St Martins Pr, 1982-09-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!