The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (Arbor House Library of Contemporary Americana) - Softcover

Taylor, Robert Lewis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0877957568 ISBN 13: 9780877957560

Publisher: Arbor House Publishing, 1986

Synopsis

V/G to LIKE NEW CONDITION. FIRST ARBOR HOUSE EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. 1959 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Fiction. 1985 jumbo trade paperback, full number line. ISBN: 0877957568. Author Robert Lewis Taylor. 14 year old Jaimie McPheeters travels with his father accross the US in 1849. An American Classic.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert Lewis Taylor was a writer for The New Yorker for over twenty years. His novel, The Travels of Jamie McPheeters, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1959. His other works include the biography W.C. Fields: His Follies and Fortunes and the novel Adrift in a Boneyard, among others.

From AudioFile:

The story of America has many tellers but few as edifying, humorous and dispassionate as Taylor in his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. This story follows Jaimie and his father, Sardius, on the long trek to California's El Dorado. We experience the world of the '49ers through the boy's clear-eyed, if somewhat judgmental, attitudes, aided by erudite commentary from his feckless pa. Lee gives each voice individual character and reads with assurance and enthusiasm. Regional dialects and gender are unfailingly clear. His narration of such a range of characters is a triumph. Thorndike is to be commended for bringing this adventure of American life to the audio format. S.B.S. An AUDIOFILE Earphones Award winner (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Arbor House Publishing
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0877957568
• ISBN 13: 9780877957560
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 544