Adam of the Road [First-State Dust Jacket]
by Gray, Elizabeth Janet
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/VG+
- Seller
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Kutztown, Pennsylvania, United States
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Synopsis
Adam of the Road is a novel by Elizabeth Janet Gray that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1943. Set in thirteenth-century England, the book follows the adventures of a young boy, Adam. After losing his spaniel and minstrel father, Adam embarks on a series of escapades throughout medieval England. Readers are given an accurate portrayal of medieval culture and society. The book is illustrated by Robert Lawson.
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- Bookseller
- Saucony Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 064597
- Title
- Adam of the Road [First-State Dust Jacket]
- Author
- Gray, Elizabeth Janet
- Illustrator
- Robert Lawson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- VG+
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1942
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Medieval & Renaissance Studies; Children's;
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