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Gentlemen on the Prairie
by Harnack, Curtis
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0813807913
- ISBN 13
- 9780813807911
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Ames, IA: The Iowa State Press, 1985. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. Very good/Good. Glued binding. viii, 254, [2] p. Illustrations. Notes. Index. . DJ has wear, soiling, and sticker residue. Small tear to DJ at bottom front. From Wikipedia: "Curtis Arthur Harnack (June 27, 1927 July 5, 2013) was an American writer. Born June 27, 1927, Harnack grew up on a family farm in Remsen, Iowa. He studied English at Grinnell College before completing a master's degree at Columbia University. He began a career in teaching, initially at his alma mater Grinnell College, and then at Sarah Lawrence College in New York. During this time, he was also involved in the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. He was involved with the artists' community Yaddo in Saratoga Springs, New York, serving as the community's president between 1971 and 1987. His works include the novels The Work of an Ancient Hand (1960) and Limits of the Land (1979), and the memoirs We Have All Gone Away (1973) and The Attic (1993). Harnack was married to writer Hortense Calisher. He died at his home in Manhattan on July 5, 2013."
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 69646
- Title
- Gentlemen on the Prairie
- Author
- Harnack, Curtis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Presumed first edition/first printing
- ISBN 10
- 0813807913
- ISBN 13
- 9780813807911
- Publisher
- The Iowa State Press
- Place of Publication
- Ames, IA
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- Frederick Close, William Close, Walter Cowan, Le Mars, Mary Paullin, Immigrants, Pioneers
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