The Battle of Pollocks Crossing

Author: CARR, J.L. (1912-1994)
Title: The Battle of Pollocks Crossing
Publication: London: Viking, 1985

Description: [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.75; [1]. Publisher's dark blue cloth lettered in silver to spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Stephen Raw. Internally bright and clean. Dust-jacket is price clipped with pricing sticker to front flap, slight rubbing to jacket spine. A fine copy. 'The Battle of Pollocks Crossing' is the sixth novel by Carr, and was shortlisted for The Booker Prize in 1985. The novel describes a year spent by a young English exchange teacher in the fictional town of Palisades on the Great Plains of South Dakota. Like many of Carr's novels, it is grounded in personal experience: Carr himself spent a year as an exchange teacher in South Dakota.

Seller ID: 69258

Subject: Literature, History & Biography



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