Shadow Country: A New Rendering of the Watson Legend

Matthiessen, Peter

ISBN 10: 0679640193 / ISBN 13: 9780679640196

Published by Modern Library, an imprint of the Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, New York, U.S.A., 2008

About this Item

Modern Library, an imprint of the Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, New York, U.S.A., 2008. Fourth (4th) Printing (number line down to 4) of the First (1st) Edition. Near Fine in a mylar protected As New Dust Jacket. Ex-Library with the following library markings and indications: (1) "Withdrawn" stamp on the front free endpaper and on the "About the Author" page; (2) library stamp on the front free endpaper and title page; (3) date stamp on the copyright page; (4) rear free endpaper is a cancel. The Text Block is clean, white, tight, straight and square with no markings other than those described above. The Binding is full gray cloth, color uniform throughout, with the publisher's logo debossed on the front board, bright gilt title, etc., to the spine, endpapers decorated with the publisher's logo unmarked except as described above, and all corners square and sharp. The mylar protected Dust Jacket is flawless - colors bright and uniform throughout and fully intact with the original prices (USA $40.00 Canada $45.00) intact on the front flap. See photos. xi, [iv], 892, [i] pages. 6" x 8 1/2". Winner of the 2008 National Book Award for Fiction and the William Dean Howells Medal in 2010. , this semi-fictional historical novel, set in the Ten Thousand Islands region of Southwest Florida, is a reworked, re-edited and re-titled retelling of the Watson Trilogy (Killing Mr. Watson (1990), Lost Man's River (1997), and Bone By Bone (1999)) previously published by the author. NOTE: This is a heavy book, weighing 1,030 grams / 2 lb., 4.3 oz., and will require extra postage for international shipment. ISBN 10: 0679640193 / ISBN 13: 9780679640196.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Shadow Country: A New Rendering of the Watson Legend
• Publisher: Modern Library, an imprint of the Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, New York, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679640193
• ISBN 13: 9780679640196
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 4th Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Weight: 1030 grams

About this title

Synopsis

A richly textured reworking of the author's classic trilogy--Killing Mister Watson, Lost Man's River, and Bone by Bone--chronicles the legacy of E. J. Watson, a notorious desperado gunned down by his neighbors along the lawless nineteenth-century frontier of the Florida Everglades. 15,000 first printing.

About the Author

Peter Matthiessen has written eight novels, including At Play in the Fields of the Lord (nominated for the National Book Award) and Far Tortuga, and also a book of short stories, On the River Styx. His parallel career as a naturalist and environmental activist has produced numerous acclaimed works of nonfiction, most of them serialized in The New Yorker; these include The Tree Where Man Was Born (another National Book Award nominee) and The Snow Leopard (a National Book Award winner). He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1974.