Christopher Strange

[shopworn copy, binding solid but with slight fraying to cloth along bottom edge and at top of spine, some discoloration to endpapers; jacket is well-worn, small tears and minor paper loss at several corners, faded at spine, old external tape reinforcements across both ends of spine extending into front and rear panels]. Historical novel, set from 1853 through 1901, centering around a Massachusetts minister and his young lawyer son who catch California fever, "the pull of the pioneering spirit," and set off for the West. "In a sweeping, panoramic novel of the turbulent years of growth of a great state, [the author] tells the story of their trek across the continent, their settlement in the fabulous town of San Francisco, and their participation in the stirring events of the next half-century." (The father is described as a "friend of Emerson, Thoreau and Bronson Alcott," and transforms himself from a man of the cloth into a teacher, while the son goes into politics; after the Civil War he leads "a spirited but futile resistance against the domination of California by the Big Four." (This reference is to the guys who built the Central Pacific Railroad: Leland Stanford, Collis Potter Huntington, Mark Hopkins, and Charles Crocker.)

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Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc.

Year: 1941

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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