Chasing the Sea: Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia
by Bissell, Tom
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0375421300
- ISBN 13
- 9780375421303
- Seller
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Albany, California, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
Tom Bissell was born in Escanaba, Michigan, in 1974. After his stint in the Peace Corps he worked for several years in book publishing in New York City. His criticism, fiction, and journalism have appeared in publications including Harper's Magazine , The Virginia Quarterly Review , GQ , Granta , McSweeney's , The Boston Review , The Believer , Best American Travel Writing 2003 , and other publications. He has been nominated for several awards and not received any of them. He lives in New York City.
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- Bookseller
- Eve's Book Garden (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 042896
- Title
- Chasing the Sea: Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia
- Author
- Bissell, Tom
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0375421300
- ISBN 13
- 9780375421303
- Publisher
- Pantheon
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Bookseller catalogs
- Friends of the Albany Library;
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