In Search of the Russian Bear: An American Writer's Odyssey in the Former Soviet Union [SIGNED]

Smith, Patrick D.

Published by Panorama Studios, Cambria, California, 2014

About this Item

Fine unread condition glossy color photographic softcover wraps. Includes Author Dedication; List of Illustrations; List of Other Books by Patrick D. Smith; Foreword; Epilogue and About the Author. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and a double-page map frontispiece. An inconspicuous difficult to see 2 inch crease at the lower left cover corner. All pages are in very fine unmarked condition and the spine/binding is in exceedingly tight and square unread condition (see photographs). Signed by the author with black pen at the center of the blank first free front endpaper. "In 1983, Florida author Patrick Smith and his wife Iris traveled throughout the Soviet Union and Uzbekistan through an invitation from the Soviet Writers Union. Smith relates these experiences through fascinating stories and images n this fun, factual chronicle. There is hugh humor in this book, as well as heartfelt moments. It paints vivid pictures of places few Americans have seen or will see. The descriptions are so real that you will feel that you have been there. There is also much in this book for food lovers. The descriptions of food and rituals are exotic and tantalizing. In Search of the Russian Bear is unlike any other book set in Eastern Europe and Middle Asia. You will enjoy this fascinating journey." - from the rear outer cover. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Patrick D. Smith is a 1999 inductee into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame, the highest and most prestigious cultural honor that can be bestowed upon an individual by the state of Florida. Smith is the author of seven novels. Smith has been nominated three times for the Pulitzer Prize, in 1973 for Forever Island, which was a 1974 selection of Reader's Digest Condensed Books both in theEnglish language edition and in all of the worldwide foreign language editions; in 1978 for Angel City, which was produced as a "Movie of the Week" for the CBS television network, and in 1984 for A Land Remembered, which was an Editors' Choice selection of the New York Times Book Review. Smith's lifetime work was nominated for the 1985 Nobel Prize for Literature. By an act of the 2006 FLorida Legislature, a section of a major highway, SR 520 running from East Merritt Island across the Banana River to Cocoa Beach, was named the Patrick D. Smith Causeway. In June 2013, SMith was selected as one of the Great Floridians. Governor Rick Scott and his wife personally came to his home to present this award. You can learn more about Patric kSmith and his books at PatrickSmithOnline dot com and at ALandRemembered dot com. Seller Inventory # 008052

Bibliographic Details

Title: In Search of the Russian Bear: An American ...

Publisher: Panorama Studios, Cambria, California

Publication Date: 2014

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 3rd Edition