To the list of John Updike's well-intentioned protagonists--Rabbit Angstrom, Richard Maple, Henry Bech--add James Buchanan, the harried fifteenth president of the United States (1857-1861). In what the author calls "a kind of novel, conceived in the form of a play," Buchanan's political and private lives are represented as aspects of his spiritual life, whose crowning, condensing act is the act of dying. This definitive edition includes a Foreword by Updike, discussing early productions of the work, the historical context ...
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To the list of John Updike's well-intentioned protagonists--Rabbit Angstrom, Richard Maple, Henry Bech--add James Buchanan, the harried fifteenth president of the United States (1857-1861). In what the author calls "a kind of novel, conceived in the form of a play," Buchanan's political and private lives are represented as aspects of his spiritual life, whose crowning, condensing act is the act of dying. This definitive edition includes a Foreword by Updike, discussing early productions of the work, the historical context in which it was written, and its kinship to his later novel Memories of the Ford Administration. A wide-ranging Afterword fleshes out this dramatic portrait of one of America's lesser known, and least appreciated, leaders.
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Add this copy of Buchanan Dying to cart. $35.99, very good condition, Sold by Redux Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wyoming, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1974 by HarperCollins Distribution Services.
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Very Good. First edition in dust jacket. Pages are clean, crisp and unmarked. Binding is tight, Hinges strong. Dust jacket protected in mylar sleeve and is price-clipped. An excellent copy.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
Add this copy of Buchanan Dying: a Play to cart. $36.84, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2013 by Random House Trade Paperbacks.
Add this copy of Buchanan Dying: a Play to cart. $37.02, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1974 by Alfred A. Knopf.
Add this copy of Buchanan Dying: a Play to cart. $43.79, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1974 by Deutsch.
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Fine book in a fine dust jacket. 262 pages. First Edition. A three-act play set at the death bed of President James Buchanan. Meant more to be read than actually produced, this closet drama is accompanied by a 80-page Afterword by Updike on the political and private life of the subject. Fine in fine dustjacket.
Add this copy of Buchanan Dying: a Play to cart. $46.50, very good condition, Sold by Black Cat Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Sag Harbor, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1974 by Deutsch.
Add this copy of Buchanan Dying to cart. $60.00, very good condition, Sold by Munster & Company rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Corvallis, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1974 by Alfred A Knopf Inc.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Alfred A Knopf Inc, 1974. Signed by Updike on free end paper; stated first edition; dust jacket lightly rubbed/age toned; cover lightly soiled, corners and spine ends lightly bumped; edges lightly soiled; ffep has faint erasures; binding tight; cover, edges, and interior intact and clean except as noted. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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Add this copy of Buchanan Dying: a Play to cart. $75.00, like new condition, Sold by Argosy Book Store rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from New York, NY, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by Stackpole.
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Fine in fine jacket. New Foreword by Updike. 8vo, cloth backed boards, d.w. Machanicsburg: Stackpole Books, (2000). First edition thus. Autographed by Updike.
Add this copy of Buchanan Dying: a Play to cart. $100.00, like new condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1974 by Alfred A. Knopf.