Author: NORTH, STERLING
Title: Rascal a Memoir of a Better Era
Description: New York, NY: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1963. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by John Schoenherr. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several small edge nicks and tears, some spots of ground-in dirt, and, several small inked notes by a former owner on the front dust jacket cover. "North's best-selling and best-known work, Rascal: A Memoir of a Better Era, was published by E. P. Dutton in August 1963. It is a remembrance of a year in his childhood when he raised a baby raccoon, which he named "Rascal". It received a Newbery Honor in 1964, a Sequoyah Book Award in 1966, and a Young Reader's Choice Award in 1966. It was made into the Disney movie of the same name in 1969. Additionally, it was made into a 52-episode Japanese anime entitled Araiguma Rasukaru in 1977. The success of the anime was responsible for the introduction of the North American raccoon into Japan. In addition to chronicling North's raising of a raccoon, Rascal also highlights his loving relationship with his attorney father, dreamer David Willard North, and the aching loss represented by the death of his mother, Elizabeth Nelson North. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Good dust jacket .
Keywords: Young Adult Sterling North John Schoenherr Dutton Animal Book Award Racoons Newbery Honor Book Animals Pets
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Title: Rascal a Memoir of a Better Era
Description: New York, NY: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1963. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by John Schoenherr. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several small edge nicks and tears, some spots of ground-in dirt, and, several small inked notes by a former owner on the front dust jacket cover. "North's best-selling and best-known work, Rascal: A Memoir of a Better Era, was published by E. P. Dutton in August 1963. It is a remembrance of a year in his childhood when he raised a baby raccoon, which he named "Rascal". It received a Newbery Honor in 1964, a Sequoyah Book Award in 1966, and a Young Reader's Choice Award in 1966. It was made into the Disney movie of the same name in 1969. Additionally, it was made into a 52-episode Japanese anime entitled Araiguma Rasukaru in 1977. The success of the anime was responsible for the introduction of the North American raccoon into Japan. In addition to chronicling North's raising of a raccoon, Rascal also highlights his loving relationship with his attorney father, dreamer David Willard North, and the aching loss represented by the death of his mother, Elizabeth Nelson North. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Good dust jacket .
Keywords: Young Adult Sterling North John Schoenherr Dutton Animal Book Award Racoons Newbery Honor Book Animals Pets
Price: US$ 30.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 44553
- Book number: 44553
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