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THE MARCH; A Novel
by Doctorow, E. L
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/None
- ISBN 10
- 0812976150
- ISBN 13
- 9780812976151
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006. First Edition, Later Printing. Wrappers. Very Fine/None. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, 8vo (8" x 5 1/4"), photographic wrappers with reddish-brown image of cannons, burgundy endpapers, [xii] + 363 pages + [3] Acknowledgements, [2] About the Author. Edgar Lawrence "E. L." Doctorow (1931 - 2015) was an American novelist, editor, and professor, best known internationally for his works of historical fiction. He has been described as one of the most important American novelists of the 20th century.<br/> <br/> He wrote twelve novels, three volumes of short fiction and a stage drama. They included the award-winning and best-selling novels Ragtime (1975), Billy Bathgate (1989), and THE MARCH (2005). <br/> <br/> The latter is a multi-award winning novel about General Sherman's "March to the Sea" during the Civil War. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle & Pen/Faulkner Awards.<br/> <br/> "Autographed Copy" sticker is bent but easily removable.<br/> <br/> SUPERIOR COPY internally and externally bright and clean. Neatly signed on title page. Number line ends with "3."
Synopsis
In 1864, after Union general William Tecumseh Sherman burned Atlanta, he marched his sixty thousand troops east through Georgia to the sea, and then up into the Carolinas. The army fought off Confederate forces and lived off the land, pillaging the Southern plantations, taking cattle and crops for their own, demolishing cities, and accumulating a borne-along population of freed blacks and white refugees until all that remained was the dangerous transient life of the uprooted, the dispossessed, and the triumphant. Only a master novelist could so powerfully and compassionately render the lives of those who marched. The author of Ragtime, City of God, and The Book of Daniel has given us a magisterial work with an enormous cast of unforgettable characters--white and black, men, women, and children, unionists and rebels, generals and privates, freed slaves and slave owners. At the center is General Sherman himself; a beautiful freed slave girl named Pearl; a Union regimental surgeon, Colonel Sartorius; Emily Thompson, the dispossessed daughter of a Southern judge; and Arly and Will, two misfit soldiers. Almost hypnotic in its narrative drive, The March stunningly renders the countless lives swept up in the violence of a country at war with itself. The great march in E. L. Doctorow's hands becomes something more--a floating world, a nomadic consciousness, and an unforgettable reading experience with awesome relevance to our own times.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6420
- Title
- THE MARCH; A Novel
- Author
- Doctorow, E. L
- Format/Binding
- Wrappers
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Later Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0812976150
- ISBN 13
- 9780812976151
- Publisher
- Random House Trade Paperbacks
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- South Carolina, Georgia, Civil War, Sherman's march to the sea, Savannah,
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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