About this title: The relentlessly self-promoting amateur archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann took full credit for discovering Homer's Troy over one hundred years ago, and since then generations have thrilled to the tale of his ambitions and achievements. But Schliemann gained this status as an archaeological hero partly by deliberately eclipsing the man who had launched his career. Now, at long last, Susan Heuck Allen puts the record straight in this fascinating archaeological adventure that restores the British expatriate Frank Calvert to his rightful place in the story of the identification and excavation of ...
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Description: Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Torn pages: NO ] [ Broken Seams: NO ] Publisher: University of California Press Pub Date: 2/15/1999 Binding: Hardcover Pages: 486. read more
Edition: 1st edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: 1999-02-15
ISBN-13:9780520208681ISBN:0520208684
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Edition: 1st edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: 1999-02-15
ISBN-13:9780520208681ISBN:0520208684
Description: Very good. Very minimal damage to the cover (no holes or tears, only minimal scuff marks), in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, minimal to no highlighting/under. read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780520208681ISBN:0520208684
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Hardcover Edition-Average Wear-Few Markings. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 409 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Univ of California Pr, Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780520208681ISBN:0520208684
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Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN-13:9780520208681ISBN:0520208684
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Univ of California Press, Berkeley
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780520208681ISBN:0520208684
Description: Illustrated Throughout. As New Hardback. As New Dustjacket. 6 x 9" A solid copy; ----------SATISFACTION GUARANTEED---------FAST, COURTEOUS SERVICE------ALL DUSTJACKETS ARE COVERED WITH NEW CLEAR MYLAR PROTECTOR----- read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: University of California Press, Berkeley
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780520208681ISBN:0520208684
Description: Very Good. No DJ Issued. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback edition. 409 pages. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. (Archeology) read more
Edition: 1st ptg.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of California Press, Berkeley, CA
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780520208681ISBN:0520208684
Description: Book: Very Good. DJ: Very Good. 8vo. 409 pp. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4. Black boards with qtr black cloth, stamped in silver on spine. Gray dj. read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780520208681ISBN:0520208684
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 409 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. as new, pristine inside and out, no marks, creases or shelfwear. read more
Edition: 1st ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780520208681ISBN:0520208684
Description: NF in Fine jacket. ". restores the British archaeologist Frank Calvert to his rightful place in the story of the identification and excavation of the city of Priam, " hardcover first printing, illustrated throughout, book and dustjacket are in excellent condition, nice gift copy. read more
"Can be tedious, but it brings Frank Calvert's story to the front. Schliemann's aggrandizement and outride frauds are a putoff. It becomes more and more convincing that Homer's world was great poetry applied to real places, and maybe real people."
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