LIFE IN WHITEHALL DURING THE SHIP FEVER TIMES
de [Wilson, David]
- Usado
- very good
- First
- Estado
- Very Good
- Librería
-
Roosevelt, New Jersey, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Whitehall, NY: Ingles & Tefft, 1900. First edition thus. Original Cloth. Very Good. First published in 1850 and here greatly expanded. pp: (vi) introduction, (76) text, (26) pictorial ads for local Whitehall businesses; 44 plates from photographs. Red cloth, stamped in blind and gilt; faded area on cover. 9" x 6" By volume, this book is half historical fiction and half business directory & city almanac. The narrative is set in Whitehall, New York, in 1847, and based on actual events there during an epidemic of deadly fever blamed on recent immigrants who had arrived by ship. This is the first book by the author who went on to write "Twelve Years A Slave." [Wright, American Fiction, III-6011].
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- Librería
- R & A Petrilla
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 037874
- Título
- LIFE IN WHITEHALL DURING THE SHIP FEVER TIMES
- Autor
- [Wilson, David]
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Original Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition thus
- Editorial
- Ingles & Tefft
- Lugar de publicación
- Whitehall, NY
- Fecha de publicación
- 1900
- Palabras clave
- immigration; immigrants; american fiction; whitehall, new york; true crime; epidemics
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Literature;
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