Anna Hastings: the Story of a Washington Newspaperwoman! - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Drury, Allen
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0688032214
- ISBN 13
- 9780688032210
- Seller
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1977. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0688032214 . An unblemished first Printing of the First Edition in a Fine dust-jacket, signed by author Allen Drury on the front flyleaf; Anna Hastings was born in 1811 in Kentucky, the youngest of eight children. In 1833, she married William Hastings, a lawyer, and they moved to Washington, D.C. Hastings started working as a reporter for the Daily National Intelligencer in 1835. She was the first woman to hold a full-time journalism position in the U.S. She was also the first woman to be elected to the Washington Press Club. Hastings died in 1872.; 8vo; 300 pages; Price? ? ? ; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56187
- Title
- Anna Hastings: the Story of a Washington Newspaperwoman! - 1st Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- Drury, Allen
- Format/Binding
- 1/4 Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0688032214
- ISBN 13
- 9780688032210
- Publisher
- William Morrow and Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
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