Esau - 1st Edition/1st Printing de Kerr, Philip - 1997

New York: Henry Holt and Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0805051759 . A handsome first Trade edition/first printing in Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket; Esau is the eldest of Jacob's twelve sons. He is a hunter, a nomad, and a man of the wilderness. Esau is also a Jacob's favorite, but he does not reciprocate Jacob's feelings. When Jacob dies, Esau is left with a choice: to live in his father's old home with his brothers, or to move out into the world and start his own family. Esau chooses to move out and build his own family, but his wives and children reject him. Esau is left with nothing but his weapons and his hunting skills.Esau is a man of his own words and actions, and he stands by what he believes in. He is a loner, but he is also a man of strength and courage. Esau is a story of redemption, of learning to live with the consequences of his own choices.; 8vo .