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Book Condition: Used Good
Jacket condition: No Jacket
Seller: Charity Bookstall

United States
About Item: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. Very rare 1923 First Edition 8vo size green clothbound hardcover, with gilt titles on spine and front cover; 266 deckle edged pages. Thomas Boyd (1898-1935) was a young United States Marine who served in France during World War I. After the war he became a journalist and later opened a bookstore in St. Paul, Minnesota. Other writers, including Sinclair Lewis, who came into his bookstore encouraged him to write about his own World War I experiences. Through the Wheat was Boyd's first novel. Protagonist William Hicks, like Boyd, is a young Marine serving in France. Submitted to Scribner's in 1922, Through the Wheat was rejected by editor Maxwell Perkins. According to prabook.com, "F. Scott Fitzgerald was shown a copy of the book and agitated for its publication." The book met with critical acclaim. Through the Wheat is considered one of the best examples of American war fiction and captures frontline combat and what we would… Read More
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