First Words: Earliest Writing from Favorite Contemporary Authors
by Mandelbaum, Paul
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- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1565122720
- ISBN 13
- 9781565122727
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US: Algonquin Books, 2000. Paperback. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Most kid write stories. A few of them grow up to be successful authors. Bef ore Stephen King created Carrie, he created Jhonathan, at age nine. And bef ore there was Rabbit Angstrom, there was Manuel Citarro, detective in John Updike's hard-boiled mystery, written at fourteen. Before Jurassic Park, th ere was young Michael Crichton's story about the mysteriously wounded man l ying unattended in the street. Editor Paul Mandelbaum persuaded our most popular American authors to share their childhood writings and their treasured photographs. What he's gather ed is a fascinating, delightful collection of writing and early snapshots t hat reveal young minds at work, wrestling with early versions of ideas that were to take hold of their writings in later years. Of course, the young M adeline L'Engle would wonder about space and the meaning of eternity. Of co urse, Margaret Atwood would question conventional female behavior, arguing for the right to smoke cigars. First Words is an inspiration to budding writers and enthusiastic teachers, and a revelation for readers everywhere. This revised and condensed edition includes the following writers: Margaret Atwood Roy Blount, Jr. Paul Bowles Pat Conroy Michael Crichton Rita Dove Clyde Edgerton Gail Godwin Allan Gurganus Charles Johnson Stephen King Maxine Hong Kingston Ursula LeGuin Madeleine L'Engle Jill McCorkle Norman Mailer Joyce Carol Oates William Styron Amy Tan John Updike Gore Vidal Tobias Wolff.
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- Bookseller
- Infinity Books Japan (JP)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RWARE0000067472
- Title
- First Words: Earliest Writing from Favorite Contemporary Authors
- Author
- Mandelbaum, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1565122720
- ISBN 13
- 9781565122727
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books
- Place of Publication
- US
- Date Published
- 2000
- Bookseller catalogs
- Writing / Writing;
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