Woman Who Married a Bear
by Straley, John
The youngest of five children, John Straley was born in 1953. He received a BA in English and a certificate of completion in Horse Shoeing. He has brown eyes and likes jokes and a wide variety of literature and music. He is the Shamus Award-winning author of The Curious Eat Themselves and The Woman Who Married a Bear and was appointed the Writer Laureate of Alaska in 2006. John Straley lives with his wife, Jan, a prominent whale biologist, in a bright green house on the beach in Sitka, Alaska, where he works as a criminal defense investigator by day and sleeps, writes, and plays with his band, The Big Fat Babies, whenever he can.
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The Woman Who Married a Bear; an Alaskan Mystery
by Straley, John
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- 1992
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NY: Soho Press, 1992. 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 225 pp. Binding tight, text clean.
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New York: Soho, 1992. Signed on the title page by the author. First edition / First printing. Navy cloth spine, blue paper-covered boards. Fine in price-clipped, fine dust jacket. The author's first book. Winner of the Shamus for best first novel. Item Price
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Bergenfield, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Signet, 1994. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. An Excellent Copy - Signed By The Author On The Title Page. Signature Only. A First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Near Fine Condition. Boards Are Clean, Not Bumped. Fore Edges Have A Tiny Bit Of Shelf Wear. Interior Is Clean And Legible.… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Soho, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 225pp. An Alaskan mystery featuring Cecil Younger. Winner of the 1993 Shamus Award for best first novel. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. ; Octavo.
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New York:: Soho Press, 1992.. 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: blue binding with cloth at the spine; the spine is slanted; the edges of the text block show age-freckling; sound condition, no markings; a Good book, with a Good dust jacket; the jacket is very good but for fading at the spine; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact..… Read more about this item Item Price
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Woman Who Married A Bear: Inscribed
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U.S.A.: Berkley, 1994. Book. Very Good. Mass Market Paperback. Signed by Author(s). A Very Good Copy - Soft Cover - Signed - To Fred - On A Warm Afternoon, Far From Home - By The Author On The Half Title Page. 1St Printing. Book Is In Very Good Condition. Boards Have A Small Bit Of Shelf Wear.… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York, NY: Soho Press, 1992. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. A fine clean copy in a fine DJ. Octavo in a blue DJ (yellow spine) ; 225 p. ; 22 cm. Younger, Cecil (Fictitious character) -- Fiction -- Private investigators -- Alaska -- Indian.
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The Woman Who Married a Bear: An Alaskan Mystery
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New York, U.S.A.: Soho Press, 1992. Book. Fine. Trade Paperback. Signed by Author(s). First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight clean carefully read copy. arc THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY.. Item Price
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Woman Who Married a Bear
by John Straley
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The Woman Who Married a Bear: An Alaskan Mystery [SIGNED COPY, FIRST PRINTING]
by Straley, John
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- 1992
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New York, NY: Soho Press, 1992. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on first free endpaper (signature only). 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. As new. 'Autographed Copy' sticker. Glued binding. 225 p. Audience: General/trade. The Shamus Award-winning first Cecil Younger mystery by the Spotted Owl Award-winning author… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Woman Who Married a Bear
by Straley, John
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- 1992-05-01
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Soho Pr Inc, 1992-05-01. Hardcover. Good. ~Good. Light to moderate shelf wear to covers/corners; satisfaction guaranteed. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Thank you for supporting Last Word Books and independent bookstores. Item Price
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Minimal wear. Spine is creaseless and the pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Nice copy. A murder mystery set in Alaska. Item Price
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The Woman Who Married a Bear: an Alaskan mystery
by Straley, John
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- 1992
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New York: Soho Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First Edition, First Printing, with "1" or "a" in "number" line present. Recalls the work of other "indigenous" mystery writers and protagonists such as Arthur Upfield and Tony Hillerman. Straley's Cecil Younger is asked to investigate the murder of a Tlingit hunting… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Woman Who Married a Bear: An Alaskan Mystery
by Straley, John
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