GIBSON, JAMES

Anasazi Princess: A Novel

Fayetteville, NC: Old Mountain Press, Inc, 2001. First Edition. First Printing; Softcover. ISBN: 1931575037. Cover is heavy glazed paper. Pages are clean and tight; appears as if unused. Stated first edition. "More than a year has passed when Caleb Stone, prodigal son of J. E. Stone, learns of his father's murder by nightriders....Caleb's return upsets the uneasy balance of power among the ranchers adn he finds few friends and little help...Caleb finds peace w/ the Huastecs, and comes to care for Shanni, but knows they can have no life together until he deals with his enemies....However, unknown to Caleb, circumstances force the Huastecs to begin their journey while he's in Mancos battling to bring his father's murderers to justice...caught between two worlds, Caleb pushes for a showdown with his foes so that he can protect Shanni and the Huastecs before time runs out". ; 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 ; 193 pages; Cover has minor shelf wear and rubbing. Crease in upper corner of back.. Near Fine .

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Book number: 3933

Catalogue: Juv Historical Fiction

Keywords: 1931575037 Indians; Native Americans; Indian History; Native American History; Pioneer History; Frontier History; Tribal Culture; Tribal History; Cultural History; Native American History Historical Fiction Juvenile Fiction Cultural History Education Hist

HORVATH, BROOKE AND IRVING MALIN, ED.

George Garrett: The Elizabethan Trilogy

Huntsville, TX: Texas Review Press, 1998. First Edition (?). Softcover. ISBN: 1881515141. Pages are clean and tight. Paper is heavy, linen look; very lush and attractive. "Garrett draws us into the total reality of Elizabethan life--the sights, smells, the look of the street, the food people ate, the lusts they savored, the fears they enjoyed. Once you enter into its spirit, you will be unable to stop reading" by the Washington Post. ; 6 x 9; 205 pages; Cover has some shelfwear and rubbing/scuffing.. Fine .

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Book number: 9381

Catalogue: England Historical Fiction

Keywords: 1881515141 George Garrett; Literature; Fiction; Adult Fiction; Historical Fiction; Cultural History; Social History; English History; British History; Historical Fiction Fiction Royalty Cultural History European History Geography English/British History S

STEINER, GEORGE

Anno Domini

Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press, 1964. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0879511133. Published in 1964. Text is as new; DJ has some sunning and edge wear; very small tear on top of front side of DJ. The book contains 3 stories: "Return No More, " a story of revenge, when a former German officer returns after the war to the family he lived with in Normandy, where he loved the youngest daughter and executed the oldest son; "Cake, " An American is caught up in the French resistance who must wait out the war in an asylum and feign insanity. There he meets a Jewish girl also hiding out from the Nazis; the account of their brief affair is poignant and heartrending. "Sweet Mars, " two old friends play a dangerous, psychological game that reveals devastating truths about themselves and their friendship. ; 8vo ; 205 pages. Fine in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 67

Catalogue: European Historical Fiction

Keywords: 0879511133 Fiction; American Literature; War; World War Ii; F Fiction; American Literature; World War Ii; War Stories; Nazis; European History; European History American History World History

YERBY, FRANK

Goat Song: A Novel of Ancient Greece

New York: The Dial Press, Inc, 1967. Hard Cover. Book is black with grey lettering on the spine. Extremely minor bumping to corners and edges, very clean. DJ has a couple of small tears in upper right corner of front and appears to have been immersed in water, so has some rippling and discoloration on underside of DJ, but is otherwise totally intact. Owner's name written on front end paper. Book has a little sunning on edges but shows no other signs of wear or use, very clean and tight. Story of Ariston, a Spartan youth, who is captured by the Athenians, and later comes to be a powerful man in his new home, and a friend to Socrates and Euripides. Written by one of the foremost, and first, African-American novelists, a prolific author of many exciting stories of human love, hate, struggle and the pain that is life. ; 8vo ; 469 pages. Very Good in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 132

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Keywords: Fiction; American Literature; Ancient Greece; Spar Historical Fiction; American Literature; Ancient Greece; African American Authors; Frank Yerby; All Historical Fiction