In Little Big Man, the contradictory and clashing stories of the American West are told by 111-year-old Jack Crabb, a "mythomaniac" and the sole white survivor of the battle of Little Big Horn. Jack's parents were killed by the Cheyenne Indians and he was raised by the Cheyenne. On his often humorous and sometimes horrifying travels between the two cultures clashing in the Wild West, Jack becomes an eyewitness to, and a participant in, the birth of modern America and many of its myths. Originally published in 1964 Little Big Man has been hailed as one of the Greatest novels ever written about ... View More...
Interest in global problems, present and future, is growing among an increasingly concerned general public. Global Challenges provides the reader with a comprehensive analysis and information about many of the issues that will occupy the world and its leaders for generations to come. Among these are population growth, food and nutrition, health, envIronment, the oceans, energy, nuclear prolIferation and terrorism, as well as information and communications. This book is in Fine condition and it is inscribed on the ffep. The book is tight and clean. The dustjacket shows wear particularly at the ... View More...
This is a beautiful set of four volumes. The set is in Fine condition and almost new. This is the First Edition and the second printing. The only thing that I must mention is that each volume has the tiniest shelf-wear to the extreme top of the dustcover on the spine. It is virtually invisible and probably will become completely invisible when I place the books in an archival Brodart dust jacket protector before shipment. The set is magnificent. The Lives of the Painters is an important and fascinating history of Western painting and its artists written by the renowned historian and critic of ... View More...
This is a brand new book and it still resides in the Original Publisher's Shrinkwrap. The volume is signed by Thomas Keneally and a COA from Easton Press is also included. this book as well as the film that was made from it truly shook the world with its story of horrible misdeeds during the Holocaust . An absolutely gripping account.The acclaimed bestselling classic of Holocaust literature, winner of the Booker Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Fiction, and the inspiration for the classic film??a masterful account of the growth of the human soul? (Los Angeles Times Book Review). ... View More...
