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    A book that looks new but has been read. Cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket (if applicable) is included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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    “American first edition, first printing. Contains number line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. Virtually no ...
    ISBN
    9780061131547

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    Product Identifiers

    Publisher
    HarperCollins
    ISBN-10
    0061131547
    ISBN-13
    9780061131547
    eBay Product ID (ePID)
    52612990

    Product Key Features

    Book Title
    Farewell Summer : a Novel
    Number of Pages
    224 Pages
    Language
    English
    Topic
    General, Coming of Age, Literary
    Publication Year
    2006
    Genre
    Fiction
    Author
    Ray Bradbury
    Format
    Hardcover

    Dimensions

    Item Height
    0.8 in
    Item Weight
    12 Oz
    Item Length
    8.2 in
    Item Width
    5.5 in

    Additional Product Features

    Intended Audience
    Trade
    LCCN
    2006-049517
    Reviews
    Creepier than [Dandelion Wine] but retains the elegiac tone and lovely descriptions of 1920s boyhood., Poignant, wise...Bradbury's mature but fresh return to his beloved early writing conveys a depth of feeling., Bradbury remains a master of inspired storytelling . . . The long-awaited, rewarding conclusion to an American classic.
    Dewey Edition
    22
    Dewey Decimal
    813.54
    Synopsis
    The master of American fiction returns to the territory of his beloved classic, Dandelion Wine--a sequel 50 years in the making Some summers refuse to end . . . October 1st, the end of summer. The air is still warm, but fall is in the air. Thirteen-year-old Douglas Spaulding, his younger brother Tom, and their friends do their best to take advantage of these last warm days, rampaging through the ravine, tormenting the girls . . . and declaring war on the old men who run Green Town, IL. For the boys know that Colonel Quartermain and his cohorts want nothing more than to force them to put away their wild ways, to settle down, to grow up. If only, the boys believe, they could stop the clock atop the courthouse building. Then, surely, they could hold onto the last days of summer . . . and their youth. But the old men were young once, too. And Quartermain, crusty old guardian of the school board and town curfew, is bent on teaching the boys a lesson. What he doesn't know is that before the last leaf turns, the boys will give him a gift: they will teach him the importance of not being afraid of letting go., In a summer that refuses to end, in the deceiving warmth of earliest October, civil war has come to Green Town, Illinois. It is the age-old conflict: the young against the elderly, for control of the clock that ticks their lives ever forward. The first cap-pistol shot heard 'round the town is dead accurate, felling an old man in his tracks, compelling town elder and school board despot Mr. Calvin C. Quartermain to marshal his graying forces and declare total war on the assassin, thirteen-year-old Douglas Spaulding, and his downy-cheeked cohorts. Doug and his cronies, however, are most worthy adversaries who should not be underestimated, as they plan and execute daring campaigns--matching old Quartermain's experience and cunning with their youthful enthusiasm and devil-may-care determination to hold on forever to childhood's summer. Yet time must ultimately be the victor, with valuable revelations for those on both sides of the conflict. And life waits in ambush to assail Doug Spaulding with its powerful mysteries--the irresistible ascent of manhood, the sweet surrender to a first kiss . . . One of the most acclaimed and beloved of American storytellers, Ray Bradbury has come home, revisiting the verdant landscape of one of his most adored works, Dandelion Wine . More than fifty years in the making, the long-awaited sequel, Farewell Summer , is a treasure--beautiful, poignant, wistful, hilarious, sad, evocative, profound, and unforgettable . . . and proof positive that the flame of wonder still burns brightly within the irrepressible imagination of the incomparable Bradbury.
    LC Classification Number
    PS3503.R167F45 2006

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      • Fine capstone to a great career.

        Excellent sequel to Bradbury's 1957 semi-autobiographical novel DANDELION WINE, also related to his SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES from 1963. None of the three books features the exact same cast of characters, but all are set in Bradbury's Green Town, Illinois. Last book by the author published in his lifetime. Anyone who likes the others (or Bradbury in general) will like this one, although it's perhaps slightly little more biographical in nature

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        If you loved “Dandelion Wine”, I would not recommend this book. It is not his best writing in my opinion. After reading 1/3 of the book I quit. I couldn’t take anymore.I was disappointed as I was looking for a return to the feel of “Dandelion Wine”. I suppose my preconceptions ruined it for me, but it felt like his writing in this book was a parody of his earlier writings. That’s my two cents for what it is worth.

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