Published by McPhee Gribble Publishers, 1989
ISBN 10: 0869140558 ISBN 13: 9780869140550
Seller: Shore Books, London, United Kingdom
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 432 pages. (#48).
Published by McPhee Gribble Publishers, Melbourne, 1989
ISBN 10: 0869140558 ISBN 13: 9780869140550
Seller: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Softcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Black and white photographic card cover with yellow and red coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. An African-American son  a university professor, is left a legacy by his father  " . some facts and a cross on a map and an attic with a lamp in it. The fact was that English traders had filled their ships for profit with Africans chained in rows. The fact was that white masters bought and sold their slaves, generation after generation. The fact was that the very idea of escape was hard to hold onto for long enough. The unravelling of his father's legacy is the ending of the story. Finding a way to tell it is the beginning of change. " -- from the rear panel blurb. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 440 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact, but spine is faded/sunned. Edges and pages browned. Book is rubbed, and shows handling marks. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; United States; ISBN: 0869140558. ISBN/EAN: 9780869140550. Inventory No: 0116934.
Published by McPhee Gribble Publishers, Melbourne, 1989
ISBN 10: 0869140558 ISBN 13: 9780869140550
Seller: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Softcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Black and white photographic card cover with yellow and red coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. An African-American son  a university professor, is left a legacy by his father  " . some facts and a cross on a map and an attic with a lamp in it. The fact was that English traders had filled their ships for profit with Africans chained in rows. The fact was that white masters bought and sold their slaves, generation after generation. The fact was that the very idea of escape was hard to hold onto for long enough. The unravelling of his father's legacy is the ending of the story. Finding a way to tell it is the beginning of change. " -- from the rear panel blurb. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 440 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact, but spine is faded/sunned. Edges and pages browned. Book is rubbed, and shows handling marks. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; United States; ISBN: 0869140558. ISBN/EAN: 9780869140550. Inventory No: 0115452.
Published by McPhee Gribble, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 1989
ISBN 10: 0869140558 ISBN 13: 9780869140550
Seller: Manyhills Books, Traralgon, VIC, Australia
Medium Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. Reprint. Medium Trade Paperback. 432 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: McPhee Gribble, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 1989. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Corners of covers are lightly bumped. Spine has slight fading. . Pages are reasonably tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: A bitter young man searches for the truth about his father s death and discovers the power of history in shaping our lives.Brilliant but troubled historian John Washington returns to his hometown of Chaneysville, Pennsylvania just north of the Mason-Dixon Line to learn more about the death of his father. Washington discovers that his father was researching a mystery of his own: why 13 escaped slaves reached freedom in Chaneysville only to die there, for reasons forgotten or never known at all.A story of personal discovery and historical revelation, "The Chaneysville Incident" explores the power of our pasts. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Drama & Sagas; ISBN: 0869140558. ISBN/EAN: 9780869140550. Inventory No: 16080071. The photo of this book is of the actual book for sale.
Published by McPhee-Gribble, Australia, 1989
ISBN 10: 0869140558 ISBN 13: 9780869140550
Seller: Black Stump Books And Collectables, Skipton, VIC, Australia
First Edition
Large Paper Back. Condition: Very Good. 1st Australian Edition. 432 pages. A clean, straight book, appears unread.