A Different Kind of Christmas (Signed First Printing)

Haley, Alex

ISBN 10: 0385260431 / ISBN 13: 9780385260435

Published by Doubleday, 1988

About this Item

INSCRIBED by author ALEX HALEY, in black marker on ffep: January 14, 1989 For Shoko - with love to all of your family! Alex Haley. Doubleday 1988 First Edition, First Printing in near fine condition. A small hardback book with dust jacket. Cream clothboards with metallic copper logo on front, metallic copper printing on spine. Small area of discoloration on bottom front corner. Text block clean, tight, square, unmarked; pages lined with red, with red decorations, and woodcut illustrations and decorations. Satin gloss dust jacket with woodcut design; near fine with light fading on spine; no other else fine. Packaged with care and shipped in a box to arrive in best condition. Complete satisfaction guarantee; no sale is final until you are satisfied.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Different Kind of Christmas (Signed First Printing)
• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385260431
• ISBN 13: 9780385260435
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Historical Fiction
  • African-American

About this title

Synopsis

Presents the moving story of a young Southerner who joins the Underground Railroad and helps mastermind the escape of slaves from his father's plantation on Christmas Eve

Reviews

The awakening of a white Southerner to the evil of slavery is the subject of a novella, "for readers of all ages," by the author of Roots. Fletcher Randall, a college student at Princeton in 1855, has lately arrived from the North Carolina plantation where his family's many slaves were treated well, but "knew their place." Through friendship with the Ellis brothers, fellow-students and Quakers committed to the anti-slavery cause, Fletcher's new perception of humanity wrenchingly alters his relationship with his uncomprehending family. Once he enlists in the Underground Railroad by partnering Harpin' John, a plantation slave, in a daring Christmas Eve escape, Fletcher's future is irrevocably cast with his Northern, Quaker friends. Leaning towards the didactic, Haley's Christmas story is nevertheless a moving tale, a special rendering of the seasonal spirit. First serial to Good Housekeeping; Doubleday Book Club and Literary Guild alternates.
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