The Courting of Marcus Dupree

Morris, Willie; Willie Morris

ISBN 10: 0385180098 / ISBN 13: 9780385180092

Published by Doubleday, Garden City, NY, 1983

About this Item

A clean and unmarked hardback with an unclipped dust jacket now protected in a new archival-quality, removable Mylar plastic cover. Signed with an inscription to previous owner, by the author. This copy has an "opened-and-read-several-times" look & feel, but with no crushes to the boards' corners. Stored in sealed plastic protection and mailed (bubble-wrapped) in a sturdy cardboard box. We ship (tracking included) daily from Roswell, Ga. Serving satisfied customers since 1999.

Seller Inventory # 22021430

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Courting of Marcus Dupree
• Publisher: Doubleday, Garden City, NY
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385180098
• ISBN 13: 9780385180092
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biography
  • Southern Culture
  • Prep Sports

About this title

Synopsis

Documents the recruitment by college football coaches of Marcus Dupree, a talented young Black athlete, in a narrative that brings to life the culture and society of the South in the 1980s

From the Inside Flap

Winner of a Christopher Award in 1984 for "affirming the highest value of the human spirit," the classic account of a young black athlete who became a metaphor for the complex culture of Mississippi