JACK IN THE BUSH OR A SUMMER ON A SALMON RIVER

ROBERT GRANT

Published by JORDAN, MARSH & COMPANY, BOSTON, 1888

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BLUE COVER WITH BLACK DESIGN FRONT, GOLD PRINT. LIGHT WEAR, FORMER OWNER BOOK NUMBER IN PENCIL TITLE PAGE. THREE ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT WITH FRONTISPIECE A DRAWING OF TWO MEN IN WOODS FENDING OFF A BEAR. NINE CHAPTERS. A VERY INTERESTING ENTERTAINING READ FOR THE LOVER OF THE OUTDOORS. Grant was born to Patrick Grant (1810?1895) and Charlotte Boardman (Rice) Grant (1821?1882) in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 24, 1852, and was a descendant of Edmund Rice, an early immigrant to Massachusetts Bay Colony. He attended Boston Latin School and graduated from Harvard University in 1873. At one point in his college career, he was publicly reprimanded for missing chapel on 22 occasions. He received the first Ph.D. in English granted by Harvard in 1876 and a law degree in 1879. His first novel, published in 1880, was The Confessions of a Frivolous Girl, a realistic depiction of problems facing young women. He published his second novel An Average Man in 1883, a study of two young New York lawyers with very different ambitions. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: JACK IN THE BUSH OR A SUMMER ON A SALMON RIVER
• Publisher: JORDAN, MARSH & COMPANY, BOSTON
• Publication Date: 1888
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: ILLUSTRATED
• Condition: Good
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  • Fiction
  • Travel and Exploration