Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New York, NY, U.S.A. : Doubleday Publishing, 1982
ISBN-13:9780385116329ISBN:0385116322
Description: Trade paperback, Fine Minus/pictorial wraps, later printing; light wear to covers and cover edges, slight vertical crease line to back cover, overall, a nice copy with no names or markings, 8vo., 350 pages., read more
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Spine straight w/o creases, binding tight, no reader/remainder/library marks, covers/pgs flat w/sharp corners, very slight shelf wear. 350 numbered pgs., Audience: General/trade. Photos or other information available by e-mail. Daily orders/e-mail responses. E-mail confirmation of shipment. Check our feedback. read more
Edition: First edition. stated first edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y.
Date Published: 1971
Description: Very good in good dust jacket. Price clipped. 350 p. illus. 22 cm. Includes Illustrations. "Stories originally appeared in Playboy magazine. " The grandstand passion play of Delbert and the Bumpus hounds. --County fair! --Scut Farkas and the murderous Mariah. --Ollie Hopnoodle's haven of bliss. --The star-crossed romance of Josephine Cosnowski. Book is very solid, tight and clean, looks unread. Cover binding is still so tight it resists easy opening! DJ is price clipped and shows some edge wear ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday
Date Published: first printing, 1971
Description: Fair/Good hard cover ex library. 12mo, hard cover, 350pp. ex library in full dress. shelfworn, cocked, cover. edges tanned, soiling mostly in margins, yellowing, text opening started at page 261 gutter. humor. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Doubleday
Date Published: 1991-04-01
ISBN-13:9780385116329ISBN:0385116322
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780385116329. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Broadway
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780385116329ISBN:0385116322
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y.
Date Published: 1971
Description: Good in good dust jacket. 350 p. : illus.; 22 cm. Includes Illustrations. "Stories originally appeared in Playboy magazine. " Contents: The grandstand passion play of Delbert and the Bumpus hounds. --County fair! --Scut Farkas and the murderous Mariah. --Ollie Hopnoodle's haven of bliss. --The star-crossed romance of Josephine Cosnowski. --Daphne Bigelow and the spine-chilling... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York, Doubleday and Company
Date Published: 1971
Description: First edition of his uncommon third book. Shepherd's first book "In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash" was adapted into the classic movie "A Christmas Story" for which Shepherd was the narrator in the movie. A close to near fine copy with a small spot to the bottom page edges and some light foxing to the top page edges in a close to near fine lightly soiled dust jacket. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Garden City, N.Y.
Date Published: 1971
Description: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 350p. A near fine copy, the spine ends are faintly bumped and faintly rubbed and the top edges are slightly dust-soiled, in a very good d.j. which has a 1/2" tear at the top of the spine, a small chip at the top forecorner of the front panel, and the back panel is a little dust-soiled. read more
"As with his spiritual heir David Sedaris, it's impossible to read Jean Shepherd without hearing his voice. (Anyone who's seen the movie based on his stories, "A Christmas Story," has heard his voice, as he was the film's narrator; anyone who hasn't heard Shepherd's old New York radio shows really needs to seek out some recordings.)
Much of "Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories," as was the case with "A Christmas Story," serves as something of a love letter to Shepherd's father, played so perfectly by Darren McGavin in the movie: "He slumped unshaven, staring numbly at the kitchen table, until my mother set the coffee down in front of him. She did not speak. She knew that this was no time for conversation. He lit a Lucky, took a mighty drag and then sipped gingerly at the scalding black coffee, his eyes glaring malevolently ahead. My old man had begun every day of his life since the age of four with a Lucky and a cup of black coffee. He inhaled each one alternately, grimly, deeply. During this routine, it was sheer suicide to goad him." This portrayal may not sound like affection, but it is. Anyone who reads the stories in "Wanda Hickey" can't help but feel the deep love and respect Shepherd had for his old man. This passage may serve as a better example: "As traffic fighters go, he was probably no more talented nor dedicated than most other men of his time. But what he lacked in finesse he more than made up in sheer ferocity. His vast catalog of invective -- learned in the field, so to speak, back of the stockyards on the South Side of Chicago -- had enriched every Sunday-afternoon drive we ever took. Some men gain their education about life at their mother's knee, others by reading yellowed volumes of fiction. I nurtured and flowered in the back seat of the Olds, listening to my father." Later stories in the book focus more on Shepherd's early dating adventures -- misadventures, really, this being Shepherd -- and verge on being somewhat generic, not far removed from the humorous stories of high-school romance that many other writers have told before and since. The Shepherd touch, though, helps make them feel original.
The book's penultimate story, "The Return of the Smiling Wimpy Doll," is a stand-out, recounting the time Shepherd, then living in a small Manhattan apartment, received at Christmastime a box of childhood toys sent by his mother. Shepherd apparently spent much of his childhood saving soup-can labels and cereal-box tops and mailing them away in exchange for toys tied to radio programs and comic strips. Now, as an adult, the toys serve the same purpose madeleines served for Proust. The story unfolds beautifully, replicating Shepherd's unpacking of the box, and then returns to its beginning as he repacks the items and puts the box in a closet. It's a wonderful piece of writing."
"Laugh-out-loud funny stories from a master, in my opinion. Nobody does tongue in cheek gravitas applied to kid life better. Favorite story so far is "County Fair!", but they're all pretty similar. BONUS: In just about every one, someone seems to throw up."
"This is perhaps my favorite of all the Jean Shepherd books. Here Shepherd has moved on from his childhood days to junior high and high school, along with his kid brother, Randy, Flick, Schwartz, and the Old Man.
Again, he pokes fun state fairs--and the HOllywood treatment of them--cars, proms, the dream girl. You'll be laughing till you can't stop."
"My dad gave me this book when I was growing up, and I thought it was absolutely hilarious. I later found out that a few of the stories from this book were turned into the classic holiday film A Christmas Story. Just a wonderfully written, hilarious account of growing up -- with a tall tale aspect to it that just elevates the stories to pure fun!"
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