Description: Wild Geese by Martha Ostenso published by Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, 1925, First Edition, Fifth printing. Hardcover. A prize-winning novel set in an isolated pioneering Scandinavian community in Manitoba about a family whose isolation on the prairies produced intolerable friction and conflict. This book was the Martha Ostenso’s first novel for which she won the Dodd Mead First Novel Award in 1925, and the plot became the basis of the 1941 Hollywood epic Calling Wild Geese, which starred Henry Fonday and Joan Bennett. CONDITION: This Book is in good condition. Book shows normal fairly minor signs of storage & age. Pages have turned yellow from age. The cover is worn, scuffed, and has edge wear. Fairly minor binding/spine discoloration and deterioration. There is a sticker from the previous owner glued to the pastedown endpaper at the front of the book. There is a small tear on the spine. Please see pictures. THE PICTURES ARE TO BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE DESCRIPTION. PLEASE REVIEW THEM FOR A BETTER IDEA OF CONDITION.
Price: 50 USD
Location: Claremont, California
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Signed By: N/A
Book Title: Wild Geese
Signed: No
Book Series: Canada's Early Women Writers
Narrative Type: Fiction
Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Co.
Original Language: English
Intended Audience: Adults
Inscribed: No
Edition: First Edition
Vintage: Yes
Personalize: No
Publication Year: 1925
Type: Novel
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Literary Movement: Modernism, Naturalism, Prairie realism
Era: 1920s
Author: Martha Ostenso (1900-1963)
Personalized: No
Features: 1st Edition, 5th printing, Winner of the 1925 Dodd, Mead & Co. for Best Novel of the Year
Genre: Antiquarian & Collectible, Historical novel, Novel, Fiction, Canadian literature, Modern realist fiction, Prairie realism novel, Canadian fiction, Literature, Poetry & Criticism
Topic: male domination, power and control, family drama, Farmers, Fathers and daughters, Prairies, Women, Loneliness, Isolation, Canadian landscape, Canadian frontier
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
