Description: [vii], 269pp, 5.5" x 8". Singed by the author on a decorative bookplate at the front endpaper. 1944, First edition first printing with "First Edition" stated on the copyright page with no subsequent printings. Hersey's first novel A Bell for Adano, about the Allied occupation of a Sicilian town during World War II, won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1945. With its original dust jacket. The original price of $2.50 is present on the front flap. John Richard Hersey (June 17, 1914 – March 24, 1993) was an American writer and journalist. He is considered one of the earliest practitioners of the so-called New Journalism, in which storytelling techniques of fiction are adapted to non-fiction reportage.In 1999, Hiroshima, Hersey's account of the aftermath of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, was adjudged the finest work of American journalism of the 20th century by a 36-member panel associated with New York University's journalism department.
Price: 695 USD
Location: Hillsboro, Oregon
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: New York
Signed: Yes
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1944
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Signed
Author: John Hersey
Personalized: No
Topic: Literature
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
