American Atlas brings to the traditional "road" novel an exhilarating breath of fresh air--or perhaps one should say a catastrophic gale. The hero is no penniless wanderer who subsidizes his cross-country trek by stealing chickens and hubcaps. He is Lawrence Bancroft who starts the novel off with a bang by walking out on his father's funeral and his position as the heir to a multimillion-dollar pie company. Bancroft wants to be a poet and he pursues his dream across the length and breadth of America, serving up a dazzling ...
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American Atlas brings to the traditional "road" novel an exhilarating breath of fresh air--or perhaps one should say a catastrophic gale. The hero is no penniless wanderer who subsidizes his cross-country trek by stealing chickens and hubcaps. He is Lawrence Bancroft who starts the novel off with a bang by walking out on his father's funeral and his position as the heir to a multimillion-dollar pie company. Bancroft wants to be a poet and he pursues his dream across the length and breadth of America, serving up a dazzling portrait not only of the state of the nation but of a man in search of himself.
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Add this copy of American Atlas to cart. $40.00, like new condition, Sold by Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hadley, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1973 by Prentice-Hall.
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Fine in Fine jacket. His first novel. Inscribed by the author: "For ___, Good to see you again, Dan Gerber/ Sept. 1989." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.
