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The Bear Went over the Mountain
By
William Kotzwinkle and
Michael Prichard (narrator)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
St Martins Pr
Publication date
October 1, 1996
Binding
Cassette/Spoken Word
Edition
Unabridged
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781559274074
ISBN-10
1559274077
Dimensions
0.75 by 5 by 7.25 in.
Weight
0.30 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$16.95
Other format details
audio
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A black bear finds a manuscript in the woods of Maine and becomes a literary sensation from coast to coast, as money-hungry executives shape his image into the next Hemingway.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Once upon a time in rural Maine, a big black bear found a briefcase under a tree. Hoping for food, he dragged it into the woods, only to find that all it held was the manuscript of a novel. He couldn't eat it, but he did read it, and decided it wasn't bad. Borrowing some clothes from a local store, and the name Hal Jam from the labels of his favorite foods he headed to New York to seek his fortune in the literary world.
Then he took America by storm.
The Bear Went Over the Mountain is a riotous, magical romp with the buoyant Hal Jam as he leaves the quiet, nurturing world of nature for the glittering, moneyed world of man. With a pitch-perfect comic voice and an eye for social satire to rival Swift or Wolfe, bestselling author William Kotzwinkle limns Hal's hilarious journey to New York, Los Angeles, and the great sprawling country in between, where a bear makes good despite his animal instincts, and where money-hungry executives see not a hairy beast with a purloined novel, but a rough-hewn, soulful, media-perfect nature guy who just might be the next Hemingway.
By turns sidesplittingly funny, stingingly ironic, and unexpectedly tender, The Bear Went Over the Mountain captures the zeitgeist of the 1990s dead-on, in a delicious bedtime story for grown-ups.
Then he took America by storm.
The Bear Went Over the Mountain is a riotous, magical romp with the buoyant Hal Jam as he leaves the quiet, nurturing world of nature for the glittering, moneyed world of man. With a pitch-perfect comic voice and an eye for social satire to rival Swift or Wolfe, bestselling author William Kotzwinkle limns Hal's hilarious journey to New York, Los Angeles, and the great sprawling country in between, where a bear makes good despite his animal instincts, and where money-hungry executives see not a hairy beast with a purloined novel, but a rough-hewn, soulful, media-perfect nature guy who just might be the next Hemingway.
By turns sidesplittingly funny, stingingly ironic, and unexpectedly tender, The Bear Went Over the Mountain captures the zeitgeist of the 1990s dead-on, in a delicious bedtime story for grown-ups.
Editions
Hardcover
from Doubleday (October 1, 1996)
9780385484282 | details & prices | 306 pages | 5.75 × 9.00 × 1.25 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $22.50
About: A black bear finds a manuscript in the woods of Maine and becomes a literary sensation from coast to coast, as money-hungry executives shape his image into the next Hemingway
About: A black bear finds a manuscript in the woods of Maine and becomes a literary sensation from coast to coast, as money-hungry executives shape his image into the next Hemingway
Paperback
Reprint edition from Henry Holt & Co (November 1, 1997)
9780805054385 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $17.99
About: A black bear finds a manuscript in the woods of Maine and becomes a literary sensation from coast to coast, as money-hungry executives shape his image into the next Hemingway
About: A black bear finds a manuscript in the woods of Maine and becomes a literary sensation from coast to coast, as money-hungry executives shape his image into the next Hemingway
Cassette/Spoken Word
The price comparison is for this edition
With Michael Prichard (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from St Martins Pr (October 1, 1996)
9781559274074 | details & prices | 5.00 × 7.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.30 lbs | List price $16.95
About: A black bear finds a manuscript in the woods of Maine and becomes a literary sensation from coast to coast, as money-hungry executives shape his image into the next Hemingway.
About: A black bear finds a manuscript in the woods of Maine and becomes a literary sensation from coast to coast, as money-hungry executives shape his image into the next Hemingway.
Prebinding
Reprint edition from Paw Prints (June 26, 2008)
9781439501368 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $24.00
About: Once upon a time in rural Maine, a big black bear found a briefcase under a tree.
About: Once upon a time in rural Maine, a big black bear found a briefcase under a tree.
from Turtleback Books (November 1, 1997); titled "Bear Went Over The Mountain"
9781417618200 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $27.00
About: A black bear finds a manuscript in the woods of Maine and becomes a literary sensation from coast to coast, as money-hungry executives shape his image into the next Hemingway
About: A black bear finds a manuscript in the woods of Maine and becomes a literary sensation from coast to coast, as money-hungry executives shape his image into the next Hemingway
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