A Civil Action
by Harr, Jonathan
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good DJ
- ISBN 10
- 0394563492
- ISBN 13
- 9780394563497
- Seller
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Southampton, Massachusetts, United States
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Synopsis
For the film starring John Travolta, see A Civil Action (film) A Civil Action is a 1996 non-fiction novel by Jonathan Harr depicting the real-life water contamination case in Woburn, Massachusetts in the 1980s. The book became a best-seller and won the National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction. The case is Anderson v. Cryovac. The first reported decision in the case is at 96 F.R.D. 431 (denial of defendants' motion to dismiss).
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- Bookseller
- Heritage Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- NF15526
- Title
- A Civil Action
- Author
- Harr, Jonathan
- Illustrator
- n/a
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good DJ
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394563492
- ISBN 13
- 9780394563497
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Pages
- 500pp
- Size
- 8vo = over 9"
- Keywords
- courtroom drama Massachusetts Local History New England
- Bookseller catalogs
- True Crime;
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