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The Voyage
by Caputo, Philip
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0679450394
- ISBN 13
- 9780679450399
- Seller
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Amherst,, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
NY: A.A. Knopf, 1999. 414pp. Light wear, light-moderate soiling, reviewer's notes laid-in. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Uncorrected Proof.. Paperback. Good+.
Synopsis
On a June morning in the century's infancy, Cyrus Braithwaite -- without explanation -- orders his three teenage sons to sail from their Maine home and not return until September. The three boys and a friend board the Braithwaites' forty-six-foot schooner and begin a perilous journey down the East Coast, bound for the Florida Keys. A storm abruptly ends their passage, leaving them stranded in Cuba, but when they telegraph their father for help, he does not respond. After their ordeal is over, no one in the family ever again mentions the voyage.Now, almost a century later, Cyrus's great-granddaughter Sybil is determined to know the hidden heart of the story: Why did Cyrus send his sons to sea? Why was their mother in a Boston hospital? What role was played in the drama by Lockwood Braithwaite, the enigmatic child of Cyrus's first marriage? Sybil's discoveries will change the way she thinks about herself, her family, and the America whose ideals the Braithwaites once embodied.The author of A Rumor of War -- acclaimed as one of the great books about Vietnam -- here gives us a rich and gripping tale of adventure, courage, and the persisting effects of long-held secrets. The Voyage is a powerful novel about a family whose ways and deeds were once a template for the nation.From the Hardcover edition.
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Details
- Seller
- Valley Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 064326
- Title
- The Voyage
- Author
- Caputo, Philip
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- Uncorrected Proof.
- ISBN 10
- 0679450394
- ISBN 13
- 9780679450399
- Publisher
- A.A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- FICTION
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About the Seller
Valley Books
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Amherst,, Massachusetts
About Valley Books
After 34 years selling used and old books in downtown Amherst, we are now an online only seller as of July 2009. We have approximately 12,500 titles in most subjects and all our inventory is listed online. Our specialties include scholarly books in political science, social science, philosophy, science and natural history, poetry, European history, Asian and Far Eastern history, Asian and American art and Literary Criticism, as well as several other subjects, scholarly, antiquarian and collectible.
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- Uncorrected Proof
- An uncorrected proof is a printed copy of a book that needs to be reviewed for errors and corrections. They are released prior...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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