Search Results: sundown by mathews john joseph

Used/ Fiction. Book is in good condition, with pages free of tearing, however there is highlighting and small notes throughout the pages.
Synopsis: Challenge Windzer, the mixed-blood protagonist of this compelling autobiographical novel, was born at the beginning of the twentieth century "when the god of the great Osages was still dominate over the wild prairie and the blackjack hills" of northeast Oklahoma Territory. Named by his father to be "a challenge to the disinheritors of his people," Windzer finds it hard to fulfill his destiny, despite oil money, a university education, and the opportunities presented by the Great War and the roaring twenties. Critics have praised Sundown generously, both as a literary work and a vignette into the Native American past. John Joseph Mathews, who died in 1979, was one of Oklahoma's genuinely gifted writers. He was the author of Wah' Kon-Tah: The Osage and the White Man's Road, a poetic description in prose of the spiritual life of the Indian, and a Book-of… Read More

University of Oklahoma Press, 1988-09-15. Reprint. paperback. Used: Good.

University of Oklahoma Press, 1988-09-15. paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. Ships quickly. Mild shelf/reading wear. Orphans Treasure Box sells books to raise money for orphans and vulnerable kids.

University of Oklahoma Press, 1988-09-15. Reprint. paperback. Used:Good.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

University of Oklahoma Press, 1988-09-15. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

NY: Longmans, Green & Company, 1934. First Edition . Hardcover. Very good with no dust jacket. Orangeish cloth is just slightly sunned on the spine, minor soiling near hinges of endpapers. Small spot of soiling on bottom edge of page block. Owner's name and date at top of front pastedown. Inscribed by the author at the top of the front endpaper: "Tulsa, November 15, 1934/with pleasure/John Joseph Mathews". The Osage author's second book and first novel, and very scarce signed at the time the book was released.

CollectibleGood. **STOCK PHOTOS AND CATALOG INFO MAY VARY FROM ACTUAL BOOK, PLEASE REFER TO SELLER PHOTOS AND ITEM DESCRIPTION FOR MOST ACCURATE INFORMATION. THE SELLER PHOTO SHOWS THE EXACT COPY YOU WILL RECEIVE** Hardcover edition. 1st Edition / First Edition. 1934, Longmans Green and Co. No Dust Jacket. Some discoloration to spine.

NY: Longmans, Green & Company, 1934. First Edition . Hardcover. Very good+ with no dust jacket. Orangeish cloth is just slightly sunned on the spine. Owner's signature on blank page facing title page; evidence of erasure of pencil notes on rear free endpaper. Inscribed by the author at the top of the front endpaper: "Tulsa, November 15, 1934/with pleasure/John Joseph Mathews". The Osage author's second book and first novel, and scarce signed at the time the book was released. This copy has the rear panel of the jacket, which is a photograph of the author, trimmed slightly and glued to the front pastedown, and what appears to be the front flap of the jacket, also trimmed, and glued to the rear pastedown.