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BAD or, The Dumbing Of America
by Paul Fussell
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/fine
- ISBN 10
- 0671676520
- ISBN 13
- 9780671676520
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Summit Books, 1991. First printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 8vo, 201 pages, clothbacked boards
"What is the difference between bad and BAD? Bad is something like dog-do on the sidewalk, or a failing grade, or a case of scarlet fever - something no one ever said was good. BAD is different. It is somehing phony, clumsy, witless, untalented, vacant, or boring that many Americans can be persuaded is genuine, graceful, bright, or fascinating - p.13."
"What is the difference between bad and BAD? Bad is something like dog-do on the sidewalk, or a failing grade, or a case of scarlet fever - something no one ever said was good. BAD is different. It is somehing phony, clumsy, witless, untalented, vacant, or boring that many Americans can be persuaded is genuine, graceful, bright, or fascinating - p.13."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thomas J. Joyce And Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0008094
- Title
- BAD or, The Dumbing Of America
- Author
- Paul Fussell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing
- ISBN 10
- 0671676520
- ISBN 13
- 9780671676520
- Publisher
- Summit Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- United States, social life, customs, popular culture, Gary McMahan, paul fussell
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About the Seller
Thomas J. Joyce And Company
Biblio member since 2005
Chicago, Illinois
About Thomas J. Joyce And Company
Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.