2017, ISBN: 9780151001002

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017. Hardcover. The third novel in the Kopp sisters series. Deputy Sheriff Constance Kopp is outraged to see young women brought into the Hackensack jail over… More...

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017. Hardcover. The third novel in the Kopp sisters series. Deputy Sheriff Constance Kopp is outraged to see young women brought into the Hackensack jail over dubious charges of waywardness, incorrigibility, and moral depravity. The strong willed, patriotic Edna Heustis, who left home to work in a munitions factory, certainly doesn't belong behind bars. And sixteen-year-old runaway Minnie Davis, with few prospects and fewer friends, shouldn't be publicly shamed and packed off to a state run reformatory. But such were the laws - and morals - of 1916. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Constance Kopp stands up to biased "morality" laws of 1916, defending the independent young women in her prison against dubious charges when no one else will. Deputy sheriff Constance Kopp is outraged to see young women brought into the Hackensack jail over dubious charges of waywardness, incorrigibility, and moral depravity. The strong-willed, patriotic Edna Heustis, who left home to work in a munitions factory, certainly doesn't belong behind bars. And sixteen-year-old runaway Minnie Davis, with few prospects and fewer friends, shouldn't be publicly shamed and packed off to a state-run reformatory. But such were the laws--and morals--of 1916. Constance uses her authority as deputy sheriff, and occasionally exceeds it, to investigate and defend these women when no one else will. But it's her sister Fleurette who puts Constance's beliefs to the test and forces her to reckon with her own ideas of how a young woman should and shouldn't behave. Against the backdrop of World War I, and drawn once again from the true story of the Kopp sisters, Miss Kopp's Midnight Confessions is a spirited, page-turning story that will delight fans of historical fiction and lighthearted detective fiction alike., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017, 0, New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". x, 345pp. Book presents nicely with unclipped dust jacket encased in protective archival sleeve. Mild wear to jacket with a spot of toning to front cover and very light creasing to edges. Gray paper over boards with spine backed in white and lettered in silver. Previous owner's name in ink to front and rear free endpapers. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. A highly presentable first printing of this 1994 PEN/Faulkner Prize winning novel by David Guterson. ABOUT THIS BOOK:San Piedro Island, north of Puget Sound, is a place so isolated that no one who lives there can afford to make enemies. But in 1954 a local fisherman is found suspiciously drowned, and a Japanese American named Kabuo Miyamoto is charged with his murder. In the course of the ensuing trial, it becomes clear that what is at stake is more than a man's guilt. For on San Pedro, memory grows as thickly as cedar trees and the fields of ripe strawberries--memories of a charmed love affair between a white boy and the Japanese girl who grew up to become Kabuo's wife; memories of land desired, paid for, and lost. Above all, San Piedro is haunted by the memory of what happened to its Japanese residents during World War II, when an entire community was sent into exile while its neighbors watched. Gripping, tragic, and densely atmospheric, Snow Falling on Cedars is a masterpiece of suspense-- one that leaves us shaken and changed.(Publisher)., Harcourt Brace and Company, 1994, 3<

1994, ISBN: 9780151001002

Hardcover

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1994. First Edition [stated] Presumed later printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Inscribed on title page. Inscription reads To Catherine--David … More...

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1994. First Edition [stated] Presumed later printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Inscribed on title page. Inscription reads To Catherine--David Guterson. A finely wrought, flawlessly written novel (New York Times Book Review), set on a small island in the Puget Sound, that is at various moments a courtroom drama, an interracial love story, and a war chronicle (San Francisco Chronicle). Guterson has fashioned something haunting and true (Pico Iyer, Time). Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award. David Guterson (born May 4, 1956) is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, journalist, and essayist. He is best known as the author of the bestselling Japanese American internment novel Snow Falling on Cedars. Derived from a Kirkus review: Old passions, prejudices, and grudges surface in a Washington State island town when a Japanese man stands trial for the murder of a fisherman in the 1950s. Guterson has written a thoughtful, poetic first novel, a cleverly constructed courtroom drama with detailed, compelling characters. Many years earlier, Kabuo Miyamoto's family had made all but the last payment on seven acres of land they were in the process of buying from the Heine family. Then the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, and Kabuo's family was interned. Etta Heine, Carl's mother, called off the deal. Kabuo served in the war, returned, and wanted his land back. After changing hands a few times, the land ended up with Carl Heine. When Carl, a fisherman, is found drowned in his own net, all the circumstantial evidence, with the land dispute as a possible motive, points to Kabuo as the murderer. Meanwhile, Hatsue Miyamoto, Kabuo's wife, is the undying passion of Ishmael Chambers, the publisher and editor of the town newspaper. Ishmael, who returned from the war minus an arm, can't shake his obsession for Hatsue any more than he can ignore the ghost pains in his nonexistent arm. As a thick snowstorm whirls outside the courtroom, the story is unburied. The same incidents are recounted a number of times, with each telling revealing new facts. In the end, justice and morality are proven to be intimately woven with beautythe kind of awe and wonder that children feel for the world. But Guterson communicates these truths through detail, not philosophical argument: Readers will come away with a surprising store of knowledge regarding gill-netting boats and other specifics of life in the Pacific Northwest. Packed with lovely moments and as compact as haikuat the same time, a page-turner full of twists., Harcourt Brace & Company, 1994, 3<

1994, ISBN: 0151001006

Hardcover

[EAN: 9780151001002], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Harcourt Brace and Company, New York], Jacket, First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". x, 345pp… More...

[EAN: 9780151001002], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Harcourt Brace and Company, New York], Jacket, First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". x, 345pp. Book presents nicely with unclipped dust jacket encased in protective archival sleeve. Mild wear to jacket with a spot of toning to front cover and very light creasing to edges. Gray paper over boards with spine backed in white and lettered in silver. Previous owner's name in ink to front and rear free endpapers. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. A highly presentable first printing of this 1994 PEN/Faulkner Prize winning novel by David Guterson. ABOUT THIS BOOK: San Piedro Island, north of Puget Sound, is a place so isolated that no one who lives there can afford to make enemies. But in 1954 a local fisherman is found suspiciously drowned, and a Japanese American named Kabuo Miyamoto is charged with his murder. In the course of the ensuing trial, it becomes clear that what is at stake is more than a man's guilt. For on San Pedro, memory grows as thickly as cedar trees and the fields of ripe strawberries--memories of a charmed love affair between a white boy and the Japanese girl who grew up to become Kabuo's wife; memories of land desired, paid for, and lost. Above all, San Piedro is haunted by the memory of what happened to its Japanese residents during World War II, when an entire community was sent into exile while its neighbors watched. Gripping, tragic, and densely atmospheric, Snow Falling on Cedars is a masterpiece of suspense-- one that leaves us shaken and changed.(Publisher)., Books<

1994, ISBN: 9780151001002

Hardcover, First edition

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Harcourt Brace & Company, Inc., 1994. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Fine/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by autho… More...

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Harcourt Brace & Company, Inc., 1994. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Fine/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by author on title page. San Piedro Island in Puget Sound is a place so isolated that no one who lives there can afford to make enemies. But in 1954 a local fisherman is found suspiciously drowned, and a Japanese-American named Kabuo Miyamoto is charged with his murder. In the course of the ensuing trial, it becomes clear that what is at stake is more than one man's guilt. For on San Piedro, memory grows as thickly as cedar trees and the fields of ripe strawberries--memories of a charmed love affair between a white boy and a Japanese girl who grew up to become Kabuo's wife; memories of land desired, paid for, and lost. Above all, San Piedro is haunted by the memory of what happened to its Japanese residents during World War II, when an entire community was sent into exile while its neighbors watched. Gripping, tragic, and densely atmospheric, SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS is a masterpiece of suspense--but one that leaves us shaken and changed. Winner of the PEN Faulkner Award, SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS is the second book and first work of fiction by this author. Guterson is among the 'GRANTA 20' Best Young American Novelists.Very fine,first edition, first printing, in as new, mylar-protected dust jacket.{Not remainder=marked or price-clipped} L17/L105, Harcourt Brace & Company, Inc., 1994, 5<