A Confederate General from Big Sur
by Brautigan, Richard
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- Hardcover
- first
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chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grove Press. 1964. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in very good dust jacket with slightly darkened spine, tiny chip at head of rear flap fold, short tears at the head of spine and former owner's initials hidden on the upper left corner on the verso of the front free endpaper. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 159 pp .
Synopsis
A Confederate General From Big Sur is Richard Brautigan's first novel, published in 1964. The story takes place in 1957. A man named Lee Mellon believes he is a descendant of a Confederate general who was originally from Big Sur. This general is not in any books or records and there is so far no proof of his existence. Although Mellon meets a drifter from the Pacific Northwest who has also heard of this general.
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- Bookseller
- Beasley Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32058
- Title
- A Confederate General from Big Sur
- Author
- Brautigan, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- Modern First Editions
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