About this title: First published in 1927, and winner of the prestigious Harper Prize, Glenway Wescott's first novel is based on his own family, and set in the American Midwest where he lived until he left, in 1921, to spend the rest of his life in Paris. Like Wescott, his protagonist, Alwyn Tower, is an American in Europe. He is haunted by the stories his grandmothers told him of his ancestors and what happened to them in the years after the Civil War.
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. 1996-Paperback----Used-Acceptable-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Arbor House
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780877957997ISBN:0877957991
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). 388 p. Arbor House Library of Contemporary Americana. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Fair. B0006DM1E4 Condition: ACCEPTABLE. (Book has a combination of the following characteristics: former library book, heavy cover wear, name written inside cover, considerable underlining/highlighting, remainder mark, pages tanning / curling, etc. Overall, the book is in rough shape and should only be purchased as a reading copy. This is a blanket description. Please e us if you require a specific, detailed description of the book condition. We will typically respond within one week of your ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Arbor House Pub Co, New York
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780877957997ISBN:0877957991
Description: Good with no dust jacket. 0877957991. Softbound, laminated, light wear/soil, crease at spine, front label residue, spine label, card pocket on 1st pg, libstamp on 1st & title pgs/upper pg edges, pgs clean/off-white; Ex-Library; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 388 pages. read more
Description: Pages are clean and in very good condition, writing/sticker on the inside front cover, no writing or highlighting on inside book pages, minor wear on the cover. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Date Published: 1927
Description: Fair + No Jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; THE GRANDMOTHERS A Family Portrait by Glenway Wescott. Harper & Brothers, 1927. Binding: Hard CoverDust Jacket: No Jacket. NOTES: Stated first edition. Some exterior wear. Contents are in very good, clean, tight condition, no owner markings. Images available upon request. Please email us with any questions. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Atheneum
Date Published: 1955
Description: VG+ Used, Like New in VG+ jacket. PAPERBACK, VG+/VG+, Atheneum, 1955, 8.2 oz. This copy is a Stated First Edition, has very minimal signs of use, appears to have been very lightly read, is in Excellent Condition Overall. Note: expect tanning of any paperback more than a few years old, regardless of condition. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Date Published: 1996-05-01
ISBN-13:9780299150242ISBN:0299150240
Description: New. An Unused, unmarked and unblemished copy.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Free Delivery Confirmation! Ships same or next business day! read more
"This book, an epic of a Wisconsin pioneer family, is written so very well. One is memorable..."During his grandfather's lifetime, the alpaca jacket which he put on when he came in for supper swung from a hook on the door of the...room. It held the shape of his body and soul: the sharp angle of the sleeves at the elbow meant irascible vitality; the empty pockets, poverty and indifference; the imprint of the stooped shoulders, fatigue; and the contradictory flare of the collar at the back, pride.""
"In Micheners HAWAII, a character said that this book was one of the three best books ever written. It was about Wisconsin and by a Wisconsin author. I got through three chapters and gave up. Did not like it!"
"I read this book after my own grandmother died in 1967 and felt as though Wescott was really writing about my family. His "great, gaunt grandmother" was mine, the daguerrotypes, the possibly apocryphal stories, the bitter residual of disappointed hopes and blighted love, unprofitable love of beautiful land.
I am not blind to its flaws, but it is my story too."
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