The Black Tanker: A Tod Moran Mystery

Howard Pease

Verlag: Doubleday & Company, Garden City, NY, U.S.A., 1941

Beschreibung

This book is straight and tight, discard stamps, and black markers in edges, front free endpaper has been cut out. It has orange pictorial boards. The jacket is in protective cover, and has some fraying esp. at spine and folds. A student works his way to China in the black gang of a tanker just before World War II. Howard Pease had his first short story published in 1921. He is most well-known for his books featuring the adventures of a young Tod Moran. Pease tried to write more realistic books for children especially young boys who were not often represented in children?s novels. He also had a depth of unrecognized social commentary, and his novels hold up well in the present day. This book involves a student working his way to China in the black gang of a tanker just before World War II. Proceeds from the sale of this book benefit environmental restoration and education. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 006484

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Black Tanker: A Tod Moran Mystery

Verlag: Doubleday & Company, Garden City, NY, U.S.A.

Erscheinungsdatum: 1941

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair