On Hold The Strange Woman by Ben Ames Williams – HB/DJ/1941

Book Type : Hardback
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Company
Edition : Book ClubEdition
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number : No Listing
ISBN Number : No Listing
Copyright Date : 1941
Dimensions : 8 ½” High x 5 ¾” Wide x 1 ¼” Thick
Inventory Number : 000-005-814
Original Retail Price : $ Unknown

Every old book is a new adventure for anyone who has never read it. ®

Description : From the front flap…
This is the life story of a woman not much different from other women, except that she more frequently let the worst parts of her have their way. She was so attractive to the masculine eye, that a young British naval officer who saw her for a few hours when she was four years old, eloped with her mother! Everyone who knew her thought her a leader in all good works, a pillar of the church, a fountain of virtue, a pattern of the perfect woman…everyone except seven men. Father, husbands, sons and lovers; they were the only people who really did know her.

It is also a story of Bangor, Maine, during the boom in Maine lands and great harvest of Maine pine. It is the story of Bangor when it was one of the wildest, toughest towns in the country; when, as someone said, “More fortunes were made in Bangor than I any other town in the United States.” It is Bangor, from the War of 1812 until after the Civil War.

It is a roaring, shouting, thrilling book that brings life to the story of Yankees who acted, for a while, like gold miners. It is a quiet, thoughtful, understanding book that probes the secret heart of a woman who sometimes surrendered to the evil in her. And it is a gentle, hopeful, and happy book of optimism and faith. It is a book for all tastes.

Condition :

• Book :
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  2. The pages are clean, bright and tight.
  3. There are no tears or writing on the inside pages.
  4. The book is from a non-smoking home.
• Dust Jacket :
  1. The dust jacket is in Good condition.
  2. Normal wear with light soiling, fading, small dings and tears.

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