UNCLE SAM IN THE EYES OF HIS FAMILY : A Novel
de Erskine, John
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Collectible - Very Good/No Jacket
- Librería
-
Berkeley, California, United States
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Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1930. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Collectible - Very Good/No Jacket. Text/As New.Black boards w/red lettering/VG; Strong & sound w/corner tip & surface. DJ/None. In early 19th century Uncle Sam began became the symbol/personification of the American government. To novelist, dramatist, critic, and professor of English at Columbia Univ, John Erskine (1879 - 1951), "The cartoon figure of Uncle Sam, the lanky gentleman with top-hat, long coat and boots, seems ... almost the portrait of a personality we have met. For some of us the face of this personality wears a benign expression; for others the features are mean." This novel fleshes out the caricature into a complete character, and in so doing, supplies the symbol of "the national termperament" with a biography. Erskine tells us that "He was the youngest of the family. All his life the others called his attention to the fact, as though he ought to do something about it, or at least be ashamed ... As a child he was freckled and undersized. Later he grew quite tall, awkwardly so, but the freckles remained, along with the carroty hair. The others had a trick, not unkindly meant, of pointing out his lack of presence, not to say beauty." Erskine is mostly known for his humorous modern versions of famous legends such as The Private Life of Helen of Troy (1925) and Adam and Eve (1927). Fine copy.
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- Librería
- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 003933
- Título
- UNCLE SAM IN THE EYES OF HIS FAMILY : A Novel
- Autor
- Erskine, John
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Collectible - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition, First Thus
- Editorial
- Bobbs-Merrill
- Lugar de publicación
- Indianapolis, IN
- Fecha de publicación
- 1930
- Palabras clave
- Fiction/Biography/Uncle Sam/Novel/American
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