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Synopsis
Four years of free college were among the provisions of the GI Bill of Rights enacted by congress after World War II. In 1946, thousands of returning veterans with generous tuition and expense grants swelled America colleges and universities to overflowing.
St. Olaf, a co-educational liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, founded by Norwegian Lutheran immigrants in 1874, watched its freshman class double. Men were jammed into campus dormitories and the overflow in rooms everywhere -- in campus attics and basements, in a local orphans home, in a remodeled chicken house on the college farm, and in the homes of many local families.
A clash of cultures followed. Blond, blue-eyed Lutheran innocents met these older battle-wise and worldly-wise survivors.
The First Fall examines that conflict in the paring of unlikely roommates: eighteen-year-old Jon Adamson, the son of St. Olaf s Dean of Men, and Anthony Tarpezi, 27, still recovering from battle trauma he experienced in North Africa and Italy.
In their struggle to be friends, roommates, and classmates, Jon and Tony differ in almost every way -- except their desire for the same co-ed -- the dark and beautiful Rhonda Rasmussen.
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Steve Swanson is a pastor, college professor, and the author of more than 20 books and half-dozen plays. An outdoorsman and lifetime recycler, his stories come from many of the places he and his family have lived: Florida, Oregon, Texas, Canada, as well as his native Minnesota.
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The First Fall
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Nine Ten Press, 1997, 1997
ISBN 10: 0965776204
ISBN 13: 9780965776202
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Seller: Black and Read Books, Music & Games, Arvada, CO, U.S.A.
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Judy Swanson (illustrator). First Edition. Very light shelf wear to the wraps. Light / tiny patches of fading to the wraps. Hints of light rubbing to the head / tail of the spine. Title page has two 2 inch patches of scuffing. The internal pages are clean and the binding is sound. A solid copy. Seller Inventory # t4306
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The First Fall : Ytterboe Hall, Autumn 1946
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. Judy Swanson (illustrator). Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 52621640-6
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The First Fall
Published by
Nine Ten Press, 1997
ISBN 10: 0965776204
ISBN 13: 9780965776202
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Soft cover
First Edition
Seller: Ally Press Center, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Judy Swanson (illustrator). 1st Edition. Unmarked, VG condition.A novel that takes place on the campus of St. Olaf College, Northfield MN, written in part to commemorate the tearing down of Ytterboe Hall in 1997. [housed in Bly24-off]. Seller Inventory # 1011076
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The First Fall: Ytterboe Hall, Autumn 1946: A Novel
Seller: Hoosac River Books, Adams, MA, U.S.A.
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Condition: Very Good. Judy Swanson (illustrator). Trade paperback Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by author. Signed by the author on the title page. A very nice, clean copy. 180 p. Audience: General/trade. Seller Inventory # 9805640680
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The First Fall: Ytterboe Hall, Autumn 1946: A Novel
Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
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paperback. Condition: Very Good-. Judy Swanson (illustrator). Very good- paperback copy, from a personal collection (NOT ex-library). Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy. Previous owner's inscription on front endpaper, otherwise text very good. Back cover has crease, otherwise shelfwear is minor. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Seller Inventory # 299589
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paperback. Condition: New. Judy Swanson (illustrator). In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Seller Inventory # Q-0965776204