Meely Labauve

Wells, Ken

ISBN 10: 0375503110 / ISBN 13: 9780375503115

Published by Random House, New York, 2000

About this Item

First edition, first printing. With corresponding number line. Book is in Near Fine condition. Boards are clean, not bumped. Fore edges are clean. Interior is clean and legible. Not remaindered. Dust Jacket is in Near Fine condition. Not chipped or crinkled. Not price clipped. Is covered by Mylar Brodart. All-ways well boxed, All-ways fast service. Thanks.

Seller Inventory # 010575

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Meely Labauve
• Publisher: Random House, New York
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0375503110
• ISBN 13: 9780375503115
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mystery

About this title

Synopsis

Fifteenyearold Meely LaBauve comes of age in the Catahoula Bayou, where he struggles to have a relationship with his father, a drunk and an alligator hunter, and survive in a tough neighborhood.

About the Authors

Ken Wells grew up on the banks of Bayou Black, deep in South Louisiana's Cajun belt. He got his first newspaper job as a nineteen-year-old college dropout, covering car wrecks and gator sightings for  <b>The Courier</b>, a Houma, Louisiana, weekly, while still helping out in his family's snake-collecting enterprise. He is now a senior writer and features editor for <b>The Wall Street Journal</b>'s Page One staff. He lives with his family on the outskirts of Manhattan. <b>Meely LaBauve</b> is his first novel.

Ken Wells is now a senior writer and features editor for The Wall Street Journal's Page One staff.