WATERLESS MOUNTAIN
by ARMER LAURA ADAMS
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
NY: LONGMANS GREEN, 1932. FIRST EDITION 5TH PRINTING . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. ARMER SIDNEY ARMER LAIURA. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON FFEP 1932 CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER RARE IN THIS EARLY PRINTING BOUND IN TAN WITH COMPLETE BROWN LETTERING MANY GREAT BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS SOLID CLEAN AND BRIGHT THE STORY OF A NAVAHO BOY AND HIS GROWING UP SOME BROWNING TO ENDPAPERS BRIGHT TEXTBLOCK JACKET IS BRIGHT BUT CLIPPED WITH SEVERAL CLOSED TEARS AND CHIPPING ALONG THE TOP OF THE BACK INSIDE OF JACKET HAS HEAVY BROWING POSSIBLY TOBACCO SMOKE SAME WITH DUSTFLAPS A VERY NICE SIGNED COPY OF THIS CLASSIC
Synopsis
Waterless Mountain is a novel by Laura Adams Armer that was awarded the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1932. It is the story of Younger Brother, a Navajo Indian in the 1920s whose wish is to follow in the footsteps of his uncle and become a medicine man. To accomplish this task, he must undergo several arduous years of training, to learn all of the ancient songs and customs of his ancestors.
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- Bookseller
- ardbooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007608
- Title
- WATERLESS MOUNTAIN
- Author
- ARMER LAURA ADAMS
- Illustrator
- ARMER SIDNEY ARMER LAIURA
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION 5TH PRINTING
- Publisher
- LONGMANS GREEN
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1932
- Keywords
- LAURA ADAMS ARMER CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNERS
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