A thousand acres / Jane Smiley.
1992
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Details
Title
A thousand acres / Jane Smiley.
Edition
1st ed.
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.
Distributed
New York : Distributed by Random House, Inc.
Copyright
©1991
Description
371 pages ; 24 cm
Associated name
Smiley, Jane, author.
Inspired by (work): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear.
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., publisher.
Random House (Firm), distributor.
Inspired by (work): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear.
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., publisher.
Random House (Firm), distributor.
Summary
Set in Iowa farm land in 1979, this is the story of a family and its members torn apart by a father's decision to turn the family farm over to his daughters.
Note
"Published November 4, 1991. Reprinted Five Times. Seventh Printing, April 1992"--Colophon.
Exhibited
Sh.Misc. 2279 Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2016. America's Shakespeare. closed
Place of creation/publication
United States -- New York (State) -- New York.
Item Details
Call number
PZ4 .S5
Folger-specific note
Publisher's hardcover binding (quarter cloth over paper boards). Lacking printed dust jacket.
Folger accession
234999
Call number
Sh.Misc. 2279
Folger-specific note
Publisher's hardcover binding (quarter cloth over paper boards) with printed dust jacket. Gold sticker on dust jacket: "Winner of the Pulitzer Prize."
Folger accession
269272