Book Details
Title: Legacy (A novel)
Author: James A. Michener
Illustrator: N/A
Publisher: Random House New York
Year: 1987
Impression/Edition: First Edition
Cover: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Pages: 176
Dimensions: L21.5cm x W15cm x D2cm
Weight: 400g
ISBN: 0-394-56432-4
Battle Scars:
Overall good used condition. General shelf wear to edges and corners of the dust jacket with occasional creases and mild scuffing. The hardcover underneath is of red boards embossed in gold, and is well preserved. Some minor wear, bumping and discolouration to edges/corners and ends of the spine. Binding is intact and pages in generally good condition with occasional spots/marks.
Don't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.
Book Content:
Blurb:
"Major Norman Starr, attached to the National Security Council, is told that he will shortly be called before a congressional committee. Through a tense, reflective weekend, the officer talks over the situation with his wife and a street-wise Washington lawyer - and begins to think back to the long line of Americans from whom he is descended. On was a Supreme Court justice, another figured importantly in the unofficial nightly debates about drafting a new document to unify and help guide the affairs of the young United States, another was an unlikely but courageous and effective suffragist. One by one, these and others parade through the officer's mind - the soldier, the Roosevelt-hater, the slave-owner....
Legacy is a novel as timely as today as timeless as truth and justice - its biographical portraits an eloquent lesson in American history."
Book Details
Title: Legacy (A novel)
Author: James A. Michener
Illustrator: N/A
Publisher: Random House New York
Year: 1987
Impression/Edition: First Edition
Cover: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Pages: 176
Dimensions: L21.5cm x W15cm x D2cm
Weight: 400g
ISBN: 0-394-56432-4
Battle Scars:
Overall good used condition. General shelf wear to edges and corners of the dust jacket with occasional creases and mild scuffing. The hardcover underneath is of red boards embossed in gold, and is well preserved. Some minor wear, bumping and discolouration to edges/corners and ends of the spine. Binding is intact and pages in generally good condition with occasional spots/marks.
Don't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.
Book Content:
Blurb:
"Major Norman Starr, attached to the National Security Council, is told that he will shortly be called before a congressional committee. Through a tense, reflective weekend, the officer talks over the situation with his wife and a street-wise Washington lawyer - and begins to think back to the long line of Americans from whom he is descended. On was a Supreme Court justice, another figured importantly in the unofficial nightly debates about drafting a new document to unify and help guide the affairs of the young United States, another was an unlikely but courageous and effective suffragist. One by one, these and others parade through the officer's mind - the soldier, the Roosevelt-hater, the slave-owner....
Legacy is a novel as timely as today as timeless as truth and justice - its biographical portraits an eloquent lesson in American history."
