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In November 1978, West End Press published The Girl by Meridel Le Sueur, a rewritten version of a novel the author had first completed in 1939. The original story told of women struggling to survive a harsh winter in St. Paul after having suffered the loss of their male companions in a failed bank robbery. According to Le Sueur, it was a collective work: We had a writer's group of women in The Workers Alliance and we met every night to raise our miserable circumstances to the level of sagas, poetry, cry-outs. The rewritten version emphasized the fate of the farm girl of the title as she struggled to survive the death of her lover and give birth to another girl, the hope of a new and better generation.
The Girl is the most popular title published by West End Press, with over 24,000 copies sold. It has been adopted for courses in over a hundred colleges and universities, published in three foreign editions, and optioned for movie rights. This edition includes an afterword by editor John Crawford, The Book's Progress: The Making of The Girl.
The author, emerging from the political blacklist of the McCarthy Period, was honored after its publication with a Senior Fellowship in Literature from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1979. Meridel Le Sueur died in 1996 at the age of ninety-six.
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The Girl explores the fate of a farm girl who moves to the "dark city" of St. Paul, Minnesota, where she struggles to survive the death of her lover, killed in a bank robbery, and to give birth to her daughter, her hope for a new generation.
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The author, emerging from the political blacklist of the McCarthy Period, was honoured after its publication with a Senior Fellowship in Literature from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1979. Meridel Le Sueur died in 1996 at the age of ninety-six.
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University of New Mexico Press, 2001
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good ++. Bill Norman (cover) (illustrator). Later Printing. This 132 page novel was published (in parts) in 1935. The writer was blacklisted in the 1950s. This edition has 14 extra pages of explanatory essay at the back. UNillustrated. A story of a young girl moving and striving toward womanhood. Read more about : Butch, Belle, Booya, beer, bodies, and the Wisconsin Blue Sox. Cond : Paper wrapper is blue with orange lettering. Front cover illustration shows five young women. Brief note on ffep. Very light wear. Clean, tight, and bright. Excellent reading copy. Quote (p. 49) : " She began to talk to herself about her immortal soul and how it was a sin to pick up johns. You will fry in hell, she says, for doing it, and once she began to say very loud standing over the bed - Get yourself out of here before you ._._._. ." Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # 008780
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The Girl : A Novel By Meridel Le Sueur {REVISED EDITION}
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West End Press, Albuquerque, 1978
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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Text appears nice and clean, but may contain minor marks that we missed. Cover has light shelf and corner wear may have bookstore stickers or be former reference copy. Binding is in very good condition. Looks real nice. 146 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; ISBN: 093112297x. ISBN/EAN: 9780931122972. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561001969. 1st edition of 4th printing of revised edition dated 1999. Seller Inventory # 1561001969
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Paperback. Condition: Like New. FIRST THUS. First Edition Thus, 4th Printing (1999). Not price-clipped. Published by West End Press, 1990. Octavo. Paperback. Book is like new. Excellent copy of this engaging novel that explores women's studies.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York. Seller Inventory # 352133