Synopsis
An interracial relationship between a Union soldier from Vermont and a runaway slave at the end of the Civil War initiates a haunting family legacy of war, racism, and secrets that follows three generations from the end of the Civil War to the Great Depression.
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"'Placing Lent alongside respected contemporaries such as Charles Frazier and David Guterson, In the Fall is an ambitious, dramatic and sweeping book filled with humanity and crafted thought, even as it touches on the most disturbing and desperate of themes' The Times" --The Times
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*A rich and masterful novel about love and the question of race in post-Civil War America.
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In the Fall
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In The Fall
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ISBN 10: 0786227834
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Seller: Marvin Minkler Modern First Editions, St. Johnsbury, VT, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover in unclipped dustjacket. 542 pages. The absolutely wonderful saga of a returning soldier. Home to the hills of Vermont with his slave bride, and their children's eventual guilt and tragedy. As new. Unread. From my smoke-free collection. Ships in well-padded box. Seller Inventory # 750
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In The Fall
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Atlantic Monthly Press. New York., New York, 2000
ISBN 10: 0786227834
ISBN 13: 9780786227839
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Seller: Marvin Minkler Modern First Editions, St. Johnsbury, VT, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover in unclipped dustjacket. 542 pages.A marvelous book. It stays with you long after you lay it down. Nothing less than an American epic. As new. Unread. From my smoke-free collection. Ships in well-padded box. Seller Inventory # 281
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In The Fall: Special Signed & Numbered Limited Edition in Slipcase
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ISBN 10: 0786227834
ISBN 13: 9780786227839
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Seller: Marvin Minkler Modern First Editions, St. Johnsbury, VT, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. 542 pages. Jeffrey Lent's highly acclaimed first novel. This is a copy of the Special Limited Issue of In The Fall. One of only 200 copies, of which this is number 37. Signed by the Vermont author on the limitation page. Quarter-bound in cloth silk and leather in a blue cloth covered clamshell box, with label on front reproducing a William Henry Stevens, 1891-1949, untitled pastel mountain range. JL embossed on front board. Campbell - Logan Bindery. Includes laid in extra print of the Stevens painting, and a Captain's Bookshelf book mark. An absolutely lovely copy. As new. Unread. From my smoke-free collection. Ships in well-padded box. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 6879