The Friendly Persuasion
by West, Jessamyn
A quintessential American heroine, Eliza Birdwell is a wonderful blend of would-be austerity, practicality, and gentle humor when it comes to keeping her faith and caring for her family and community. Her husband, Jess, shares Eliza's love of people and peaceful ways but, unlike Eliza, also displays a fondness for a fast horse and a lively tune. With their children, they must negotiate their way through a world that constantly confronts them-sometimes with candor, sometimes with violence-and tests the strength of their beliefs. Whether it's a gift parcel arriving on their doorstep or Confederate soldiers approaching their land, the Birdwells embrace life with emotion, conviction, and a love for one another that seems to conquer all. The Friendly Persuasion has charmed generations of readers as one of our classic tales of the American Midwest.
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Friendly Persuasion (Original screenplay, presentation script)
by Jessamyn West (novel, screenwriter); William Wyler (director); Michael Wilson, Robert Wyler (screenwriter); Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins (starring)
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Glendale, CA: Allied Artists, 1955. Final script for the 1956 film. Originally, screenwriter Michael Wilson went uncredited because he was on the Hollywood Blacklist. Credited here for screenwriting are novelist Jessamyn West and one of the film's producers Robert Wyler. Wilson was finally given the credit by the Screenwriters Guild in 1996.
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The Friendly Persuasion
by WEST, Jessamyn
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New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co, 1945. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Photoplay edition, apparently created by adding a dustwrapper with several stills from the film to an early, later printing. Slight spotting to the foredge else fine in an attractive, very good plus dustwrapper with a couple tiny tears at the extremities. "Gary Cooper" written neatly on front fly,… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Friendly Persuasion
by WEST, Jessamyn
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- 1945
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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1945. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Later printing. Just about fine in a price-clipped and spine-sunned, very good dust jacket rubbed on the lower panel with a short tear and two small chips. Basis for the excellent William Wyler film that featured Gary Cooper and Anthony Perkins. Item Price
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The Friendly Persuasion
by Jessamyn West
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- 1946
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Hodder and Stoughton, 1946. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1946. First Printed. 254 pages. Illustrative jacket over grey cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Visible creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Brown marks to edges. Unclipped jacket… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Friendly Persuasion
by Jessamyn West
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- September 2003
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Harvest Books, September 2003. Trade Paperback. Very Good-. used trade paperback edition. lightly shelfworn, corners a bit bumped, some scuffing/wear to covers. binding is straight and tight with no marks to text or other serious flaws. Item Price
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The Friendly Persuasion
by Jessamyn West
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- 1945
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Holt Rinehart Winston, 1945. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pages age toned, foxing to page edges, ink x to bottom page edges, heavy rubbing to dj, dj in new protective cover
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The Friendly Persuasion
by Jessamyn West
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2003. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
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The Friendly Persuasion
by Jessamyn West
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- 1945
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Harcourt, Brace and company, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. very good minus/Good. This first edition copy is not collectible in this condition but is certainly a nice reading copy. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 214 pages, green titles on gray cloth. A good, generally clean, sturdy hard cover first edition with minor shelf wear, binding solid, but paper light… Read more about this item Item Price
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by Jessamyn West
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VG- . 1957 Hodder, UK film tie-in edition, first printing. Softcover. Tie-in to the William Wyler film version starring Gary Cooper and Dorothy McGuire. Small chip missing from lower right corner of cover; one corner crease; wear along spine edges; residue from cup ring.
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The Friendly Persuasion
by WEST, Jessamyn
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- 1945
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New York: Harcourt Brace, 1945. First. hardcover. fine/very good. Small 8vo, cloth, d.w. (spine faded). New York: Harcourt Brace, (1945). First Edition.<br/> <br/> Source of the 1956 William Wyler film.<br/> <br/> Item Price
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The Friendly Persuasion
by Jessamyn West
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Hodder and Stoughton, 1946. Hardcover. Good. 1946. First Printed. 254 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Ex-Libris plate stuck to front pastedown. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscriptions to endpapers. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges. Staining to front board. Item Price
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The Friendly Persuasion
by West, Jessamyn
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- 1945
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New York: Harcourt Brace, 1945. 214pgs. Gray boards, green lettering on the spine. Stated First Edition. Even toning to the pages, otherwise a near fine, unmarked copy. Unclipped pictorial jacket has fraying on the top edge of the spine. in mylar sleeve. An attractive copy of this classic tale of a quaker family in the American Midwest.. First Edition. Hardcover.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Friendly Persuasion
by Jessamyn West
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2003. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Friendly Persuasion
by West, Jessamyn
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- 1991
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Mariner, 1991. Perfect Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
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The Friendly Persuasion
by West, Jessamyn
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Mariner, 1991. Perfect Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
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The Friendly Persuasion.
by WEST, Jessamyn.
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NY: Harcourt, Brace & Co., (1945).. First edition.. 214 pp. Near fine in very good dust jacket with chipping to crown and base of spine (which is sunned), and has one short tear to rear panel. Item Price
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The Friendly Persuasion
by West, Jessamyn
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Harcourt, Brace, NY [1956?]. Hard Cover. 214 p.; 21 cm. Sketches of daily life of an Indiana Quaker family in Civil War days. Green covers scuffed, worn, top of spine torn, ink owner name; good. Stock#100835 (mrp). Item Price
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The Friendly Persuasion
by Jessamyn West
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Center Point Pub. Hardcover. Used - Good. Item Price
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The Friendly Persuasion
by Jessamyn West
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1945, Harcourt, Brace and Co.. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - very good. Writing on first page, personal library embossed bottom right corner. DJ clipped front and back, all four corners. Item Price
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The Friendly Persuasion
by Jessamyn West
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- 1945
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- Hardcover
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- 9780151336050
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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Harcourt Trade Publishers, 1945. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
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