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A Brit Among the Hawkeyes
de Richard Acton
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- ISBN 10
- 0813821908
- ISBN 13
- 9780813821900
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Ames, Iowa: Iowa State Press, May 1998. Flat signed by author on title page. First Edition / second printing. Very Good book in Fine jacket. Foxing to edges. Text pristine. Binding square and tight. Corners sharp. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 207 pages.
Since his marriage to an Iowan ten years ago, Richard, Lord Acton has divided his time between England and Iowa. Much of his American life is spent writing the historical studies and whimsical observations of the worlds around him that have endeared him to Iowans. This collection of Acton's essays reflects the rich diversity of the author's interests and experiences. The first chapter, "Finding Myself in Iowa, " concerns the author's attempts to discover what on earth he was doing in the heartland of America and his growing affection for his adopted state. "London Bridges" describes something of the other half of the author's life in "the greatest city in the world." Other chapters invoke a southern African childhood, surprises in the House of Lords, fascinating fragments of Iowa's past, and why "power tends to corrupt."
Since his marriage to an Iowan ten years ago, Richard, Lord Acton has divided his time between England and Iowa. Much of his American life is spent writing the historical studies and whimsical observations of the worlds around him that have endeared him to Iowans. This collection of Acton's essays reflects the rich diversity of the author's interests and experiences. The first chapter, "Finding Myself in Iowa, " concerns the author's attempts to discover what on earth he was doing in the heartland of America and his growing affection for his adopted state. "London Bridges" describes something of the other half of the author's life in "the greatest city in the world." Other chapters invoke a southern African childhood, surprises in the House of Lords, fascinating fragments of Iowa's past, and why "power tends to corrupt."
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- Librería
- Books of the World
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- Inventario del vendedor #
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- Título
- A Brit Among the Hawkeyes
- Autor
- Richard Acton
- Formato/Encuadernación
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- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition, Second Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0813821908
- ISBN 13
- 9780813821900
- Editorial
- Iowa State Press
- Lugar de publicación
- Ames, Iowa
- Fecha de publicación
- May 1998
- Palabras clave
- Lord Acton, Iowa, London, House of Lords, England, Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, anecdotes, essays, memoirs, social life, customs
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Africa; Iowa; Biographies; Europe; Britain;
- Size
- 8vo
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