Alligator Dance: Stories (Southwest Life and Letters) by Janet Peery - 1993-10-01

Southern Methodist Univ Pr, 1993. Paperback. New. New Paperback. An unused, unmarked and unblemished copy. Still in shrink-wrap.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Dallas, Texas, USA: Southern Methodist University Press, 1993. BX2 - A trade paperback withdrawn ex-library book in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with minor overall shelf wear plus the usual library stamps and marks on the front endpaper and top outside paper edges plus some water wrinkling of the first three pages plus some very light creasing on the back at the top left corner plus some very, very light sunning on the spine. A title in the publisher's Southwest Life and Letters Series. A collection of short stories in which the author depicts people caught trying to understand the mysteries of a place in which they have found themselves and apply that understanding to their lives. 208p.. First Trade Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 6"x9". Ex-Library.

Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Dallas, Texas, USA: Southern Methodist University Press, 1993. BX2 - A trade paperback enscribed book in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with minor overall shelf wear plus there is a gift enscription by the author on the half title page and the author's autograph on the title page. A title in the publisher's Southwest Life and Letters Series. A collection of short stories in which the author depicts people caught trying to understand the mysteries of a place in which they have found themselves and apply that understanding to their lives. 208p.. Enscribed By Author. First Trade Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 6"x9".

Southern Methodist Univ Pr, October 1993. Paperback. USED Very Good.

Dallas, TX, U.S.A.: Southern Methodist University Press, 1993. Book. Illus. by N/A. Very Good. Paperback. Signed by Author(s). 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 208pp, book in vgc, Autographed Copy, contents are: South Padre, Alligator Dance, The Waco Wego, Mountains, Road, the Tops of Trees, Nosotros, Whitewing, Huevos, What the Thunder Said, Job;s Daughters, Daughter of the Moon..

Dallas: Sothern Methodist University Press, 1993. 208 pages.. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback.

Dallas:: Southern Methodist University Press,, 1993.. First edition -. Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers.. First printing in wrappers, issued simultaneously with hardcover. Author's first book, a highly praised collection of short stories set in the "baked Southwest."

Dallas:: Southern Methodist University Press,, 1993.. First edition -. Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (small bookstore iniital stamped on lower edge, upper corner slightly bumped.). First printing in wrappers, issued simultaneously with hardcover. Author's first book, a highly praised collection of short stories set in the "baked Southwest."

Southern Methodist Univ Pr, 1993. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 25-18-3. In Very Good Used Condition For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos The Richly Textured Stories In Janet Peery's Debut Collection Nearly Always Depict People Caught Between Two Places - Literal Or Figurative - Or Trying To Understand The Mysteries Of A Place In Which They Have Found Themselves And To Apply That Understanding To Their Lives. Whether The Territory Is Cultural, Sexual, Or Social, Its Bedrock Is The Heart. In "South Padre" An Oklahoma Farmer And His Wife Take A Trip To The Texas Gulf Coast Where They Encounter A Test Of Their Marriage And - Each In A Different Way - The Limits Of Their Knowledge. Set In 1950S Milwaukee, "Alligator Dance" Depicts A Fourth Grader's Sexual Awakening As She Is Attracted And Repelled By A Polish Boy's Totemic Words, Images, And Their Mysterious Meanings, And By Her Own Confusing Desires. Eager To Please Her Lawyer Father, A Young Girl In "The Waco Wego"… Read More