Sterling dorothy editor (9 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: VERY GOOD. First printing. Covers black history in America from 1865 to 1877 from the point of view of less prominent blacks of the South in letters, diaries, newspaper accounts and official documents. With mention of Frederick Douglass, Jonathon Gibbs, Martin R. Delany, Robert Smalls, and James Lynch. Index. 490 pgs. Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight and clean in a very good dj.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: not applicable (paperback). unknown (no edition statement visible). The book is in fair condition, with noticeable wear on the cover, including edge wear and minor creases. The binding remains intact, though some signs of age are evident. There are no inscriptions, signatures, or library markings present.…

Mass market paperback. Zustand: Good. viii, 9-255, [1] pages. Includes quotation from FDR and a Preface. Also contains chapters on I Heard Bombs Drop; The News was all Bad; The Wild Blue Yonder; GI Joe; My Own, My Native Land; The Prison House of Europe; The Turning Tide; The Victory in Europe; and Everybody is Dead. This book contains writings by Norman Mailer, Ira Wolfert, Bill Mauldin, John Hersey, Ralph Ellison, Joseph Kessel, Cornelius Ryan and others. Dorothy Sterling (née Dannenberg; November 23, 1913 - December 1, 2008) was an American writer and historian. After college, she worked as a journalist and writer in New York for several years, including work for the Federal Writers' Project. Sterling worked for Time from 1936 to 1949 and was then assistant bureau chief in Life's news bureau from 1944 to 1949. Starting in the 1950s, she authored more than 30 books, mainly non-fiction historical works on the origins of the women's and anti-slavery movements, civil rights, segregation, and nature. This book is a sampling of the sights and sounds and smells of World War II. All but two of the selections come from men and women who were right there on the battlefield while the action was taking place. They do not write of conquering heroes, and the only general in the book is a defeated one. Their reports describe ordinary people--GIs, housewives, a Russian girl, a Chinese boy--who were caught up in the biggest and bloodiest war in the history of mankind. Popular Library edition. Presumed first printing.…

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. Later. About very good in wrappers. Light cloudy spotting on spine, light soiling on back panel, staples/tiny holes on bottom of front panel, tiny holes on bottom of 1st 2 pgs, a few light stains on bottom of front panel, name in blue marker on top 1st pg.

Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 491pp. Illustrations. Very good/very good. Tight, fairly attractive first edition -- but ex-library, though with very few and mostly-removed markings.

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 396 pages. 8.50x5.75x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 491 pages. 8.25x5.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.

paperback. Zustand: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

paperback. Zustand: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.