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HERSEY, JOHN - The Call an American Missionary in China

Title: The Call an American Missionary in China
Description: New York, NY: Knopf, 1985. 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0394543319. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some beginning bumping. THe text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is in generally clean, bright condition, but has a semi-closed tear to the top front flap joint and another tiny one to the top rear flap joint. There is some beginning bumping and wear to the spine ends and corners of the dust jacket covers. "John Richard Hersey (June 17, 1914 – March 24, 1993) was an American writer and journalist. He is considered one of the earliest practitioners of the so-called New Journalism, in which storytelling techniques of fiction are adapted to non-fiction reportage. In 1999, Hiroshima, Hersey's account of the aftermath of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, was adjudged the finest work of American journalism of the 20th century by a 36-member panel associated with New York University's journalism department. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

Keywords: 0394543319 Modern Fiction First Edition John Hersey Missionaries China

Price: US$ 20.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 50648

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