THROUGH DARKEST ADOLESCENCE : With Tongue in Cheek and Pen in Checkbook

Richard Armour

Published by McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 1963

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Text/Tiny soil spots to pgs 20-25, else NEW & Bright. Illustrated bi-color boards/Fine. DJ/VG; Strong & sound with edge rubs, closed tears & small losses to lower corner tips & edges. A treatise on teenage behavior by poet & writer Richard Willard Armour (1906 - 1989). With wit & humour, Armour makes the case that "Adolescence is a disease" --- no vaccine yet available but mercifully not contagious. Symptoms of Teenese include ranting & raving episodes timed when all windows are open, driving distraught neighbours to escape by walking their dogs at all hours. Richard Armour, professor of Chaucer & the Romantic Poets, is self-described as "a docile husband & soft-hearted parent"; though not a ciminologist, dermatologist, man of cloth, or rock star, he was however once a teenager himself & has seen two inflicted teens to adulthood --- worthy credentials indeed! 180 pgs, line drawings, in 12 chapters. Excellent reading with equally excellent illustrations. Seller Inventory # 000728

Bibliographic Details

Title: THROUGH DARKEST ADOLESCENCE : With Tongue in...

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, New York, NY

Publication Date: 1963

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Susan Perl (Illustrator)

Condition: Collectible - Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Signed: Author Signed

Edition: First Edition, First Thus