Phantom Father : A Memoir by Gifford, Barry

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 1997. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 1997. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Harcourt Brace & Company, May 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8.70 X 6.10 X 0.90 inches

Harcourt Brace & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0151002509 . Height: 8.5 Inches, Length: 5.75 Inches, Weight: 1.25 Pounds, Width: 1 Inch; 272 pages .

Hardcover. GOOD. 0 9780151002504 1997 GOOD/FAIR HARDCOVER IN GOOD DUST JACKET [LIGHT WEAR TO EXTERIOR, INTERIOR BRIGHT & CLEAN]

New York. 1997. Harcourt Brace. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0151002509. 258 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Vaughn Andrews. keywords: Autobiography Literature America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Rudy Winston, the father of novelist and poet Gifford (WILD AT HEART), was a Chicago liquor-store owner with a criminal record. He's remembered by his son in this collection of autobiographical fragmentsor, to be more accurate, his absence is remembered. More often than not, Rudy, who divorced Gifford's mother when his son was eight, fails to appear. A typical anecdote describes the time he didn't show up to see Gifford win a bowling trophy. Other anecdotes include memories of baseball; summer camp (the embarrassment of bed-wetting); school (Gifford being publicly accused of smoking by an irate janitor); the author's grandfather; time spent fishing in Florida with a favorite uncle; a Chicago amusement park; death (a neighborhood butcher hangs himself; a Bears football… Read More

New York: Harcourt. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 0151002509 .

New York: New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1997, 1997. Hb. VG/VG. 1st. 256pp. Extremities lightly rubbed & bumped. Dj corners lightly chipped. Photos.. 1st. Hb. VG/VG.