Description: Franklin Library leather edition of Joyce Carol Oates's "Them," a Limited edition, Illustrated by Steven Shroud, one of the SIGNED 60 series, published in 1979. Bound in hunter green leather, the book has green moire silk end leaves, Symth-sewn binding, hubbed spine, a satin book marker, acid-free paper, gold gilding on three edges---in FINE condition. Joyce Carol Oates, born in 1938, is an American writer. Oates wrote that "this is a history in fictional form---that is, in personal perspective, which is the only kind of history that exists. . . It was during this period that I met the "Maureen Wendall" of this narrrative." In a 'Special Message' to subscribers: Oates wrote: "Who are these people?---Loretta and her children, Julies and Maureen, and to a lesser extent their father, their stepfather, their uncle Brock, their lost sister Betty, their young brother Randolph? They are Americans---neither improverished enough to be italicized against the prodigous wealth of their culture, nor affluent enough to be comfortably assimilated into it. . . Of course, I lived in Detroit at the time of the 1967 riots, and was shaken by the experience, and brooded upon it, like most Detroiters, and came to see that the genesis of those specific acts of violence lay far in the past and were certainly not limited to one troubled city. Maureen, like Jules, is a composite character---students who told her their family history. 601 pages. I offer combined shipping.
Price: 29.95 USD
Location: Walnut Ridge, Arkansas
End Time: 2024-11-22T16:10:39.000Z
Shipping Cost: 8 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Leather
Signed: Yes
Publisher: Franklin Library Signed 60
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Year Printed: 1979
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Illustrator: Steven Stroud
Special Attributes: Luxury Edition, Signed First Edition
Region: Detroit
Author: Joyce Carol Oates
Personalized: Yes
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Detroit Gangs, 1967
Character Family: Loretta, Jules, Duane Tracey