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THE TOM-WALKER, MARI SANDOZ, Trade Paperback, 1984
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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.
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Located in: Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- ISBN
- 9780803291478
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
ISBN-10
0803291477
ISBN-13
9780803291478
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2118646
Product Key Features
Book Title
Tom-Walker
Number of Pages
372 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1984
Topic
Westerns, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), Historical
Features
Reprint
Genre
Fiction, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
15.4 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
84-005221
Dewey Edition
19
Reviews
"There is a good deal of America in the book, and the narrative teems with violent energy."-New Yorker, "Rich and warm and extravagant and deeply rooted in what her America has been and is."-New York Herald Tribune Weekly Book Review
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
813/.52
Edition Description
Reprint
Synopsis
A bold, biting novel by the author of Old Jules and Crazy Horse , The Tom-Walker spans three generations in a Midwestern family. The patriarch, Milt Stone, who lost a leg fighting in Grant's army, is the Tom-Walker, circus slang for man on stilts. After the Civil War he takes his family west to the Missouri country. There he gains a reputation as a raconteur and as a passionate defender of the little man who works hard, fights the wars, and gets squeezed out by powerful interests. He lives to see his son and grandson fight in World War I and World War II, respectively, and return home from those wars, maimed like him, only to have to resume a fight just to stay alive. Crowded with living characters, The Tom-Walker never loses the larger view of American history. From the Gilded Age to the Atomic Age, everybody is "trying to be either a Jay Gould or a Jesse James, out for easy money, everybody [is] wanting to be king of something: mines, railroads, cattle, outlaws, anything." How people like the Stones fare is the story within this story., A hold, biting novel by the author of Old Jules and Crazy Horse, The Tom-Walker spans three generations in a Midwestern family. The patriarch, Milt Stone, who lost a leg fighting in Grant's army, is the Tom-Walker, circus slang for man on stilts. After the Civil War he takes his family west to the Missouri country. There he gains a reputation as a raconteur and as a passionate defender of the little man who works hard, fights the wars, and gets squeezed out by powerful interests. He lives to see his son and grandson fight in World War I and World War II, respectively, and return home from those wars, maimed like him, only to have to resume a fight just to stay alive. Crowded with living characters, The Tom-Walker never loses the larger view of American history. From the Gilded Age to the Atomic Age, everybody is "trying to be either a Jay Gould or a Jesse James, out for easy money, everybody is] wanting to be king of something: mines, railroads, cattle, outlaws, anything." How people like the Stones fare is the story within this story. "Rich and warm and extravagant and deeply rooted in what her America has been and is."-New York Herald Tribune Weekly Book Review "A vigorous and thoughtful novel. " -New York Times "There is a good deal of America in the book, and the narrative teems with violent energy."-New Yorker
LC Classification Number
PS3537.A667T6 1984
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