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WOLF WHISTLE.
Edition: First printing.
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - Nordan's fourth book - a novel set in the South in the 1950s - one that follows the "crooked paths of righteous racism" (although not a retelling of the story of Emmett Till, this novel had its roots in Nordan's memories of the trial - in a neighboring town in the Mississippi Delta - of 2 white men for Till's murder.) 290 pp. ISBN: 1-56512-0280.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 35796More details Price: $18.00 -
MUSIC OF THE SWAMP.
Edition: First printing.
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - His third book, the story of three summers in the life of a boy in the Mississippi Delta (where Nordan himself grew up) and of his hopeless love for his hopeless father. Winner of the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award for Literature and selected by the American Library Association as one of the 12 best fiction books of 1991. 191 pp. ISBN: 0-945575-769.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 35797More details Price: $20.00 -
WOLF WHISTLE.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin, 1993. First edition - Nordan's fourth book - a novel set in the South in the 1950s - one that follows the "crooked paths of righteous racism" (although not a retelling of the story of Emmett Till, this novel had its roots in Nordan's memories of the trial - in a neighboring town in the Mississippi Delta - of 2 white men for Till's murder.) 290 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy wrappers.
Book ID: 60895More details Price: $21.00 -
MUSIC OF THE SWAMP.
Edition: First printing.
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - His third book, the story of three summers in the life of a boy in the Mississippi Delta (where Nordan himself grew up) and of his hopeless love for his hopeless father. Winner of the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award for Literature and selected by the American Library Association as one of the 12 best fiction books of 1991. 191 pp. ISBN: 0-945575-769.
Condition: Near fine in fine dust jacket (erasure spot on half title page.)
Book ID: 74981More details Price: $16.50