A Civil Action
by Harr, Jonathan
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394563492
- ISBN 13
- 9780394563497
- Seller
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Woodlawn, Illinois, United States
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Synopsis
For the film starring John Travolta, see A Civil Action (film) A Civil Action is a 1996 non-fiction novel by Jonathan Harr depicting the real-life water contamination case in Woburn, Massachusetts in the 1980s. The book became a best-seller and won the National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction. The case is Anderson v. Cryovac. The first reported decision in the case is at 96 F.R.D. 431 (denial of defendants' motion to dismiss).
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- Bookseller
- Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 045331
- Title
- A Civil Action
- Author
- Harr, Jonathan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0394563492
- ISBN 13
- 9780394563497
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1995
- Pages
- 500
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Anderson, Anne, - 1936?- - Trials, Litigation, Etc.; W.R. Grace & Co - Trials, Litigation, Etc.; Trials (Toxic Torts) - Massachusetts - Boston; Groundwater - Pollution - Law And Legislation - Massachusetts - Woburn; Drinking Water - Contamination
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