Synopsis
The First Team is a 1971 thriller by John Ball (also author of the more well-known "Judo Boy"). The book is set in a future history of a United States living under a brutal Soviet occupation, at a date which is not specified but seems to be the late 1970s, and can retroactively be considered a kind of alternate history. Ball is best known for having created the character of the African American detective Virgil Tibbs, who successfully challenges the racist society of the 1960s racist South in the novel "In the Heat of the Night", which established for this writer a solid liberal reputation quite at variance with the present book.
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About the Author
The son of a scientist, John Ball was born in Schenectady, New York, and grew up in Milwaukee. He attended Carroll College in Wisconsin. He subsequently worked as a science staff writer on Fortune, a music critic and feature writer for the Brooklyn Eagle, a daily columnist on the New York World-Telegram & Sun, a broadcaster for a Washington radio station, and a Director of Public Relations for the Institute of Aerospace Sciences. His In the Heat of the Night was awarded a Mystery Writers of America "Edgar" for the Best First Mystery Novel of the Year, and since had been followed by The Cool Cottontail, also featuring his African-American detective, Virgil Tibbs. Mr. Ball has also authored a number of notable young adult books.
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Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
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Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 48560464-6
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The First Team
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Little Brown & Company, 1971
ISBN 10: 0316079472
ISBN 13: 9780316079471
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Light bumping visible to corners of boards and ends of spine strip. Secure packaging for safe delivery. Seller Inventory # 1869319005
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Ed "T 10/71". The book intself is almost fine, but the dustjacket has a small piece out at the bottom spine, probably still very good, but conservatively good. ; ; "The United States has been conquered by the Soviet Union; it's only hope is an underground organization with code name of Thomas Jefferson - better known as 'First Team'". Seller Inventory # 123625