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The Purple Decades: A Reader
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Berkley Pub Group
Publication date September 1, 1987
Binding Paperback
Edition Reprint
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780425103456
ISBN-10 0425103455
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $4.95
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Gathers selections from Wolfe's previous essay collections about American culture, the Vietnam War, art and architecture, and the space program
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
The Purple Decades brings together the author's own selections from his list of critically acclaimed publications, including the complete text of Mau-Mauing and the Flak Catchers, his account of the wild games the poverty program encouraged minority groups to play.


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Hardcover
Book cover for 9780374239275 Book cover for 9780374239282
 
With Joe David Bellamy | Limited edition from Farrar Straus & Giroux (October 1, 1982)
9780374239282 | details & prices | 416 pages | List price $60.00
About: The Purple Decades brings together the author's own selections from his list of critically acclaimed publications, including the complete text of Mau-Mauing and the Flak Catchers, his account of the wild games the poverty program encouraged minority groups to play.
from Farrar Straus & Giroux (September 1, 1982); titled "Purple Decades: A Reader"
9780374239275 | details & prices | 6.75 × 9.50 × 1.50 in. | 1.75 lbs | List price $17.50
About: Gathers selections from Wolfe's previous essay collections about American culture, the Vietnam War, art and architecture, and the space program
Paperback
Book cover for 9780425103456
 
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from Berkley Pub Group (September 1, 1987)
9780425103456 | details & prices | List price $4.95
About: Gathers selections from Wolfe's previous essay collections about American culture, the Vietnam War, art and architecture, and the space program
With Beth Archer Brombert, Massimo Montanari | Reprint edition from Berkley Pub Group (November 1, 1983)
9780425062661 | details & prices | List price $7.95
This edition also contains Medieval Tastes: Food, Cooking, and the Table
About: Gathers selections from Wolfe's previous essay collections about American culture, the Vietnam War, art and architecture, and the space program
CD/Spoken Word
Mp3 una edition from Audible Studios on Brilliance audio (July 26, 2016)
9781522642794 | details & prices | List price $9.99

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