Quigley walter (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 150 pages. 5.50x0.50x8.50 inches. In Stock.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - What do you believe in In the end, it may not matter - as long as you believe in something.Dante and Chris Poulos are mourning the loss of their father and are picking up the final pieces of his loss when a mysterious stranger returns from the afterlife. But this is not their father, and this is no longer the afterlife the modern world believes in, but the one of Greek mythology - the Underworld, Hades, the Elysian Fields. The arrival of this stranger is followed by that of one of the gods of that pantheon, but not one that has ever figured into a tale as anything more than a brief mention, an acknowledgement at best. Their destiny, along with Chris and Dante's, will come together in a conclusion that will change their lives - and that of the afterlife, forever.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Dust Jacket. Second Edition. The printing plates for the 1917 first edition entitled "Why Is Your Country At War" were destroyed by federal edict in the 1918 hysteria of WWI. (per p.7). "An incisive study of those who stand to benefit from international conflict and of the suffering such conflict brings. The Wilson administration sought to suppress this book during our war 'to make the world safe for democracy.'" - Robert H. Weems in 'A Populist Bibliography', p.163. "In the light of events since this book was written [Lindbergh] must stand as one of the nation's leading economists. You will realize when you have read this book that 'Here was a Man.'" - Introduction. [6]-215 pp. Frontis photo of author and his son, the famed aviator. Three additional pages of black and white photographs. Published posthumously as Lindbergh, a longtime Minnesota congressman, died in 1924. Moderate wear to original red cloth lettered in gilt. Lacking front free endpaper. Name in ball pen at bottom of table of contents, otherwise contents clean and unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy of this historic title. Weems p. 163 ; 12mo.…