ISBN: 9780060391645 - what the scarecrow said: a novel (10 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. Harper Collins (New York), 1996. First edition. First printing. Hardbound. Fine in a fine jacket. Lower corners slightly bumped. A tight unread copy. Fiction-Sale.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDFine in Fine dust jacket. First edition.*.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDNear fine in near fine dust jacket. Very minimal chipping on dust jacket. First edition *.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if slightly edge-torn and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 445 pages; Description: xiv, 445 p. ; 25 cm. Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Massachusetts--Fiction. Japanese American families. Friendship. Massachusetts. Form/Genre: Historical fiction. Domestic fiction. War stories. 1 Kg.…

Zustand: FINE. First printing. Japanese American writer's very highly praised first novel. 'Cast out of his native California, 'relocated' to an armed camp, and made a victim of almost unbearable family loss, Billy Fujita finds himself in the coldest reaches of Massachusetts in the closing months of World War II. A spirited widow, Margaret Kelly, has helped secure his release in the hope that Fujita, a horticulturist, will turn her barren land into a working farm. Together with Margaret, a war widow named Livvie, and her damaged young son, Garvin, Fujita becomes a reluctant participant in an impromptu family. a story of how even in the harshest soil the roots of love and family can thrive.' Appendix, glossary. 445 pp Very near fine in a like dustjacket (peeled spot on front endpaper.).…

Hard Cover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Stated first edition, first printing. Quarter bound in black cloth over tan boards, gilt lettering on spine. . Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in perfect, pristine condition; unread, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW/AS NEW. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. xiv, 445 pp. …

Hardcover. Zustand: vg. First edition. Quarto (9 1/2 x 6 1/2"). XIV, 445, [1]pp. Original illustrated and photo-illustrated dust-jacket over half black cloth and paper covered boards. Gold lettering to spine. Title-page inscribed and signed by the author, and dated June 22, 1996. "Cast out of his native California, "relocated" to an armed camp, and made a victim of almost unbearable family loss, Billy Fujita finds himself in the coldest reaches of Massachusetts in the closing months of World War II. A spirited widow, Margaret Kelly, has helped secure his release in the hope that Fujita, a horticulturist, will turn her barren land into a working farm. Together with Margaret, a war widow named Livvie, and her damaged young son, Garvin, Fujita becomes a reluctant participant in an impromptu family. Providing a profound new perspective on the Japanese-American experience, "What the Scarecrow Said" is the story of how even in the harshest soil the roots of love and family can survive." (From the Publishers). Dust-jacket, binding and interior in very good condition.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 464 pages. Stewart David Ikeda's epic novel of a Japanese American family begins with th e birth of its hero aboard the ship that brings his parents to the United States and ends in the aftermath of a great national shame: the internment of American s of Japanese descent during World War II. William Fujita is cast out of Califor nia, uprooted from the family nursery business he loved so much, relocated into an armed prison camp, and beset by almost unutterable loss. Barred from his home , he finds himself on the cold slopes of New England in the closing months of th e Second World War. There, he must battle grief, prejudice, and his own conscien ce to survive and to reconcile himself with families old and new. As he searches for the mysterious Yoneko - a young woman who holds the key to connecting his s hattered past to his uncertain future - Fujita meets unexpected allies in a smal l Massachusetts farming town. Working for Margaret Kelly, a fiery widow who disc overs the grief and passion beneath his reserved surface, Fujita endeavors to pr epare for planting that unpromising tract known as Widow's Peak. Together with M argaret, a war widow named Livvie, and her scared and damaged young son, Garvin, Fujita becomes an unwilling participant in an impromptu family bonded by sacrif ice, intrigue, and unanticipated love.…