Mason's Retreat
by Tilghman, Christopher
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0679427120
- ISBN 13
- 9780679427124
- Seller
-
Summerville, South Carolina, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Synopsis
Family Voices "The Retreat," says Christopher Tilghman, "is modeled after my family's farm in Maryland. Tilghmans were all over the Eastern Shore in the 17th and 18th centuries, for the most part enriching themselves at the expense of others. They were prominent in the Revolutionary War mostly because they were tired of sharing their abundance with the king. Since then they have steadily declined, but the farm through certain miracles and detours has remained in the family." Tilghman, who now lives with his wife and three sons in rural Massachusetts, began writing after graduating from Yale and serving briefly in the Navy. When publishing success at first eluded him, he earned a living at a sawmill in New Hampshire, and built a post-and-beam house with hand tools on a hilltop in Vermont. Moving back to the more urban environment of Cambridge, Massachusetts, he became a corporate copywriter and sometime journalist before publishing In a Father's Place , a highly-praised collection of short stories. Mason's Retreat is his first novel. From the Hardcover edition.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18125
- Title
- Mason's Retreat
- Author
- Tilghman, Christopher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; Later Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0679427120
- ISBN 13
- 9780679427124
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Cons Strang
Terms of Sale
Books Tell You Why, Inc.
Shipping after receipt of payment. S.C. residents agree that 7.5% Sales Tax will be added to their invoice. The whole purchase cost (incl. shipping & handling) will be refunded if listing is inaccurate or shipment is damaged. Returns need to be authorized prior to their shipment within 14 days of your receipt.
About the Seller
Books Tell You Why, Inc.
About Books Tell You Why, Inc.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes: