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A lyrical portrait of Nantucket as experienced by the author during a summer job in 1955 is complemented by a vivid recounting of the island's history and the author's memories of getting to know the area and subsequently building a small house on the oceanfront. 40,000 first printing.
Hardcover:
9781400046591 | Crown Pub, April 1, 2004, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: A lyrical portrait of Nantucket as experienced by the author during a summer job in 1955 is complemented by a vivid recounting of the island's history and the author's memories of getting to know the area and subsequently building a small house on the oceanfront.
Miscellaneous:
9780307422514 | Crown Pub, December 18, 2007, cover price $16.00
CD/Spoken Word:
9780739308240 | Abridged edition (Random House, April 1, 2004), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: A lyrical portrait of Nantucket as experienced by the author during a summer job in 1955 is complemented by a vivid recounting of the island's history and the author's memories of getting to know the area and subsequently building a small house on the oceanfront.
Hardcover:
9780618154685 | Houghton Mifflin, April 22, 2002, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: The author provides an autobiographical collection of his commentaries on life, music, and writing, revealing his lifelong dreams and aspirations.
Paperback:
9780877457855 | Univ of Iowa Pr, September 1, 2001, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: The director of the famous Iowa Writer's Workshop selects the very best American short stories, including work by Thisbe Nissen, David Borofka, Jim Henry, Enid Shomer, Charles Wyatt, Elizabeth Searle, and many others.
Product Description: First published in 1967, Stop-Time was immediately recognized as a masterpiece of modern American autobiography, a brilliant portrayal of one boy's passage from childhood to adolescence and beyond. Here is Frank Conroy's wry, sad, beautiful tale of life on the road; of odd jobs and lost friendships, brutal schools and first loves; of a father's early death and a son's exhilarating escape into manhood...read more
Paperback:
9780140044461 | Reissue edition (Penguin USA, September 1, 1993), cover price $15.00
Cassette/Spoken Word:
9780788702204 | Unabridged edition (Recorded Books, November 1, 1999), cover price $67.00 | About this edition: First published in 1967, Stop-Time was immediately recognized as a masterpiece of modern American autobiography, a brilliant portrayal of one boy's passage from childhood to adolescence and beyond.
Hardcover:
9780062736390 | Harper Resource, September 1, 1999, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: The present-day director of the Iowa Writer's Workshop, Frank Conroy invites 23 former professors and students of the workshop to pen essays on their craft
Hardcover:
9780792720645 | Large print edition (Chivers North Amer, December 1, 1994), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: In the dim light of a basement apartment, six-year old Claude Rawlings sits at an old white piano, picking out the sounds he has heard on the radio and shutting out the reality of his lonely world.
9780395437797 | Limited edition (Houghton Mifflin, October 1, 1993), cover price $151.00 | About this edition: Claude Rawlings, a poverty-stricken young man, feels stymied by life, until he finds an old piano and embarks on a musical odyssey that takes him into a world of wealth, power, and fame
9780395519462, titled "Body & Soul" | Houghton Mifflin, September 1, 1993, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Claude Rawlings, a poverty-stricken young man, feels stymied by life, until he finds an old piano and embarks on a musical odyssey that takes him into a world of wealth, power, and fame
Paperback:
9780440319863 | Delta, July 1, 1998, cover price $11.95 | also contains The Baker's Run | About this edition: In the dim light of a basement apartment, six-year old Claude Rawlings sits at an old white piano, picking out the sounds he has heard on the radio and shutting out the reality of his lonely world.
9780385319867, titled "Body & Soul" | Delta, July 1, 1998, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Claude Rawlings, a poverty-stricken young man, feels stymied by life, until he finds an old piano and embarks on a musical odyssey that takes him into a world of wealth, power, and fame
9780792720638, titled "Body & Soul" | Large print edition (Chivers North Amer, March 1, 1995), cover price $23.95 | About this edition: In the dim light of a basement apartment, six-year old Claude Rawlings sits at an old white piano, picking out the sounds he has heard on the radio and shutting out the reality of his lonely world.
9780440217893 | Reprint edition (Bantam Books, November 1, 1994), cover price $6.50 | About this edition: Claude Rawlings, a poverty-stricken young man, feels stymied by life, until he finds an old piano and embarks on a musical odyssey that takes him into a world of wealth, power, and fame
Cassette/Spoken Word:
9780679431015, titled "Body & Soul" | Random House, October 1, 1993, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Claude Rawlings, a poverty-stricken young man, feels stymied by life, until he finds an old piano and embarks on a musical odyssey that takes him into a world of wealth, power, and fame.
Reinforced:
9780606304979 | Demco Media, April 30, 2004, cover price $23.40 | About this edition: Claude Rawlings, a poverty-stricken young man, feels stymied by life, until he finds an old piano and embarks on a musical odyssey that takes him into a world of wealth, power, and fame
Prebinding:
9781417636655, titled "Body & Soul" | Turtleback Books, June 1, 1998, cover price $27.00 | About this edition: Claude Rawlings, a poverty-stricken young man, feels stymied by life, until he finds an old piano and embarks on a musical odyssey that takes him into a world of wealth, power, and fame
Hardcover:
9780525243199 | E P Dutton, September 1, 1985, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Bound in the publisher's original red quarter cloth and white boards, spine stamped in gilt.
Paperback:
9780140089844 | Reissue edition (Penguin USA, September 1, 1993), cover price $10.00 | About this edition: A collection of short narratives captures the vital routine of coming into manhood in America and experiencing and becoming involved with the world around
Hardcover:
9780877453130 | 1 edition (Univ of Iowa Pr, February 1, 1991), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: A collection of Iowa Short Fiction Award-winning stories from the past twenty years, by such authors as Dan O'Brien, Marly Swick, Mary Hedin, Lon Otto, and Lucia Nevai
Hardcover:
9780934738712 | Lickle Pub Inc, August 1, 1990, cover price $19.98 | About this edition: Photographs document the rituals, routines, and excitement of college football
Paperback:
9780451161758 | Reissue edition (New Amer Library, June 1, 1985), cover price $4.95 | About this edition: A schizophrenic girl's personal narrative of her illness and recovery is presented together with clinical notes on her case
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