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The Seventeen Traditions
by Nader, Ralph
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Fore-edges lightly foxed.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Harpercollins. Very Good with no dust jacket; Fore-edges lightly foxed.. 2007. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Inscribed by Ralph Nader on the half-title. Brown and white illustrations, afterword, and acknowledgments. Nader looks back to the earliest days of his own life, to his serene and enriching childhood in bucolic Winstead, Connecticut. (front jacket flap) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 150 pages .
Synopsis
My boyhood in a small town in Connecticut was shaped by my family, my friends, our neighbors, my chores and hobbies, the town's culture and environment, its schools, libraries, factories, and businesses, their workers, and by storms that came from nowhere to disrupt everything. . . . Yet childhood in any family is a mysterious experience. . . . What shapes the mind, the personality, the character?So begins this unexpected and extraordinary book by Ralph Nader. Known for his lifetime of selfless activism, Nader now looks back to the earliest days of his own life, to his serene and enriching childhood in bucolic Winsted, Connecticut. From listening to learning, from patriotism to argument, from work to simple enjoyment, Nader revisits seventeen key traditions he absorbed from his parents, his siblings, and the people in his community, and draws from them inspiring lessons for today's society. Warmly human, rich with sensory memories and lasting wisdom, it offers a kind of modern-day parable of how we grow from children into responsible adults—a reminder of a time when nature and community were central to the way we all learned and lived.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55313
- Title
- The Seventeen Traditions
- Author
- Nader, Ralph
- Illustrator
- David Wolf
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Fore-edges lightly foxed.
- Edition
- Fifth Printing
- Publisher
- Harpercollins
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 2007
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography and Memoir;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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