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Blood Meridian (1985), Cormac McCarthy's epic tale of an otherwise nameless "kid" who in his teens joins a gang of licensed scalp hunters whose marauding adventures take place across Texas, Chihuahua, Sonora, Arizona, and California during 1849 and 1850, is widely considered to be one of the finest novels of the Old West, as well as McCarthy's greatest work. The New York Times Book Review ranked it third in a 2006 survey of the "best work of American fiction published in the last twenty-five years," and in 2005 Time chose it as one of the 100 best novels published since 1923. Yet Blood Meridian's complexity, as well as its sheer bloodiness, makes it difficult for some readers. To guide all its readers and help them appreciate the novel's wealth of historically verifiable characters, places, and events, John Sepich compiled what has become the classic reference work, Notes on Blood Meridian.
Tracing many of the nineteenth-century primary sources that McCarthy used, Notes uncovers the historical roots of Blood Meridian. Originally published in 1993, Notes remained in print for only a few years and has become highly sought-after in the rare book market, with used copies selling for hundreds of dollars. In bringing the book back into print to make it more widely available, Sepich has revised and expanded Notes with a new preface and two new essays that explore key themes and issues in the work. This amplified edition of Notes on Blood Meridian is the essential guide for all who seek a fuller understanding and appreciation of McCarthy's finest work.
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John Sepich is an artist living a few miles west of road signs in rural central Illinois, doing different things to make ends meet.
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Notes on Blood Meridian
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Bellarmine College Press, Louisville, Kentucky, 1993
ISBN 10: 0963892703
ISBN 13: 9780963892706
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Soft cover
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Seller: Ulysses Books, Michael L. Muilenberg, Bookseller, Trumansburg, NY, U.S.A.
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Paperback in Good+ to Very Good condition, small 8vo, pages: [xvi],191. Red and white stiff wrappers, map frontis, few black-and-white illustrations, bibliography, index. Uncommon first edition; available in libraries (OCLC) but few for sale. Wrappers lightly rubbed and edge-worn, lower wrapper corner a bit curled. Bookseller accession no.: DD232. Shelby Foote: "Explicating the text by exploration of its foundation, Sepich lets us see how the author went about crafting what he built. This is constructive scholarship at its best." (from the wrapper blurb). Seller Inventory # 001699
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NOTES ON BLOOD MERIDIAN
Published by
Bellarmine College Press, Louisville, 1993
ISBN 10: 0963892703
ISBN 13: 9780963892706
Used
Paperback
First Edition
Seller: Ed Smith Books, Bainbridge Island, WA, U.S.A.
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Paperback. First edition. Editor's Notes by Rick Wallach. One of approx 700 copies printed (an additional 50 copies were for sale) and given away to attendees at the first Cormac McCarthy CONFERENCE held at Bellarmine College in Louisville, Kentucky in October of 1993. A critical work on McCarthy's masterpiece that was Sepich's thesis. Shelby Foote had this to say; "Explicating the text by exploration of its foundations, Sepich lets us see how the author went about crafting what he built. This is constructive scholarship at its best." 191 pages with index. Perfect bound in the original decorated wrappers. as issued. Cover illustration by Alan Shapiro. A nearly fine copy with only minor wear. Seller Inventory # 15412
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