Rare Birds de Bessie, Dan - 2000

University Press of Kentucky, 2001. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Near Fine. Signed by author on title page. Lightly read unmarked copy. First several pages light crinkling top corners, few pages creased corners. From the DJ flap: ...celebrates the colorful diversity of a remarkable & accomplished family. While their choices & professions run the gamut of the American experience in the 20th century, the history of the nation can be traced in their lives as Bessie's passionate birds of a feather sing their unique songs across the decades & generations. Illustrated with b/w photos. 287 pp.

University Press of Kentucky, 2001. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Signed by the author and inscribed on the half title page: For Tom and Britt with Friendship and Affection, Dan Bessie, Nov. 2000. Lightly read. No other markings in book. Binding is tight. 287pp.

Brand: University Press of Kentucky, 0000-00-00. hardcover. Used: Good.

Signed: The University Press Of Kentucky. As New in As New dust jacket. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 0813121795 . Hardcover in dust jacket. First edition. SIGNED and inscribed on title page by author, a screenwriter and the son of blacklisted writer Alvah Bessie. Gray cloth boards, pristine. Protected dustjacket is bright and crisp. Book is firm in binding, b&w photographs, unread. With a newspaper article and an email print-out from the author laid in. Family-tree endpapers. A bright, crisp copy. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 287 pages; Signed by Author .

Lexington, KY:: The University Press Of Kentucky,, (2001). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. "What does a writer do when he's got a family that includes a blacklisted member of the Hollywood Ten, the brains behind Tony the Tiger and the Marlboro Man, a trio of gay puppeteers, the world's leading birdwatcher, sixties hippies, a Dutch stowaway who served in an all-black regiment during the American Civil War, a mother of unusual compassion and understanding, and a convicted murderer? He tells their stories and secrets, illuminating 150 years of American life along the way. Dan Bessie begins the journey through his family history with his great-grandfather in the cargo hold of a ship bound for New York on the storm-tossed Atlantic." An account of his family by this screenwriter and the son of blacklisted writer Alvah Bessie. Warmly INSCRIBED on half title page and dated November 30, 2000. xv, 287 pp.

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

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