Sometimes a Great Notion
by Ken Kesey
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
NO DUST JACKET. Flat signed by the author on the first free fly leaf. Spine tanned by age and has slight rubbing at bottom and top. Binding tight. Pages clean with no extranious writing, underlining, or marking, Publisher's logo on half title page. This copy was donated to the Friends of the Library in Eugene, Oregon, home to the University of Oregon, where Kesey was graduated, and a neigboring town to Springfield, where Kesey grew up.
Synopsis
Sometimes a Great Notion is Ken Kesey's second novel, published in 1964. Although One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is more famous, many critics consider Sometimes a Great Notion his magnum opus. The story revolves around an Oregon logging family that continues to cut trees despite a union strike.
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- Bookseller
- Eugene Library Friends (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LIT-AD-102323-SOME
- Title
- Sometimes a Great Notion
- Author
- Ken Kesey
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's cloth lettered in green and black
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York City
- Date Published
- 1964
- Pages
- 628
- Weight
- 1.00 lbs
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