Faith Cross is told by her dying mother to "find herself the Good Thing", although she has no idea what it is. By following this young woman's extensive journey, readers can glimpse the history of 20th century black America, annotated with philosophic insight into the nature of identify and justice along the way.
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Faith Cross is told by her dying mother to "find herself the Good Thing", although she has no idea what it is. By following this young woman's extensive journey, readers can glimpse the history of 20th century black America, annotated with philosophic insight into the nature of identify and justice along the way.
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Add this copy of Faith and the Good Thing to cart. $12.95, fair condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1974 by Viking Books.
Add this copy of Faith and the Good Thing to cart. $15.00, good condition, Sold by Row by Row Bookshop rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Sugar Grove, NC, UNITED STATES, published 1974 by Viking.
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Good in Good jacket. Inscribed by Author(s) Second Printing. Signed. A Good copy of the second hardcover printing, in an attractive Good dust jacket with a tear at the bottom edge of the rear panel. The jacket is not price-clipped. There is foxing/tanning to the yellow spine cloth. Nicely inscribed and signed by the author: " For John Squire/Firstly, thanks for helping me/ship that suit of armor; and, secondly, /with my best wishes for the success of/The Needle Project-may it make millions/of dollars. /Chuck Johnson/3/2/80".
Add this copy of Faith and the Good Thing to cart. $18.00, very good 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 Viking.
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Very Good. Second edition. Very good plus Hardcover has no dustwrapper has remainder mark, bumped corners. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Add this copy of Faith and the Good Thing to cart. $25.00, very good condition, Sold by Ground Zero Books, Ltd. rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Silver Spring, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1974 by The Viking Press.
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Very good, very good. 196, publisher's ephemera laid in, minor edge soiling The tale of a girl who leaves her home and goes to the city in search of "the good thing" after her parents die. The novel is rife with folklore and mysticism, grounded in everyday life.
Add this copy of Faith and the Good Thing to cart. $29.50, very good condition, Sold by Gian Luigi Fine Books, Inc. rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Albany, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1974 by VIKING PRESS.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall. Small nick to top edge of lower jacket cover (at spine edge); slight rubbing to jacket; slight internal browning to edges. [8], 196 pages. Later issue ('Second Printing, December 1974'--title page verso) of the first novel by the noted Black American cartoonist and educator (creator of 'Charlie's Pad'); set in Hatten County, Georgia, and concerning various forms of 'magical realism'. Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by Johnson in black ink on front free endpaper, April 19, 1979: 'Dick, I must apologize, deeply, for missing your class last week--my students kept me pinned in the office until it was too late--but I wanted to give you a copy of my novel...in thanks for your friendship, your support, and the delightful time I had on your program, 'Postscript to Roots'. Many thanks, Chas. Johnson, 19/4/79'. The reference is to Johnson's participation as a panelist on the University of Washington's 'University Conversations: Postscript to Roots' in the summer of 1978. Nice, tight copy with a superb presentation inscription.
Add this copy of Faith and the Good Thing to cart. $95.00, like new condition, Sold by Flips Fine Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Greensboro, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1974 by The Viking Press.
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Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 8vo 8 1/2"x 5 3/8" black cloth w/ cream paper boards; lettering in purple-gilt on spine; cream endpapers; 196 pgs; illus dust jacket, price-clipped, author photo by Jill Krementz on rear flap; author's first book. quotes by John Gardner & George P. Elliott on back cover. jacket design by Abner Graboff.
Add this copy of Faith and the Good Thing to cart. $98.76, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1974 by The Viking Press.
Add this copy of Faith and the Good Thing to cart. $100.00, very good condition, Sold by The Wild Muse rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Granville, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1974 by Viking Press.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Author's first novel. Published NY: Viking, 1974, first printing. 8vo. Black cloth with pink metallic titles and yellow paper covered boards. Tiny minor surface skin to the paper on front and rear boards, hairline trace of sun fade to the cloth at crown, else fine in near fine dust jacket with a short closed tear.
Add this copy of Faith and the Good Thing to cart. $105.00, very good condition, Sold by ZENO'S rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from San Francisco, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1974 by Viking Books.
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New York. 1974. Viking Press. 1st Edition. A Few Grease Pen Marks On Top Corner Of Front Free Endpaper, Otherwise Very Good in Dustjacket. 0670305693. 196 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Abner Graboff. Signed by the Author. keywords: Literature America Black. FROM THE PUBLISHER-‘It is time to tell you of Faith and the Good Thing. ' Faith Cross, only child of Lavidia and the late Todd Cross (a storyteller who lived in a world full of magic and fabulous fictions) of Hatten County, Georgia, saved at a prayer meeting at the age of twelve, is a beauty, a brown-sugared soul sister turning eighteen on the day her mother breathes her last breath. ‘Momma, ' Faith says, ‘I called for Reverend Brown. ' Lavidia says, ‘Girl, you get yourself a good thing, ' then gulps once and dies. Faith doesn't know what that means, but she hungers to find out. She wants-needs-that Good Thing on earth, that really Good Thing. Can anyone show her the way? The Swamp Woman, the werewitch who dwells in the bogs, tells her she's a Number One-needs direction to avoid disaster. Faith, she says, should leave the Southern backwoods and head for Chicago. Life on earth without the Good Thing, she tells Faith, is marked by famine and misery. It is not much to go on, but it propels sweet Faith Cross away from her rural Dixie and her lost love Alpha Omega Holmes to the lower depths of the Windy City, and from a soulless middle-class existence to the interior of her memories and her hopes. Here, in this quest for the Good Thing, we have the human adventure. We also have the story of Faith Cross-a metaphysical yarn spun from pure feeling; from sex, love, suffering, beauty, and truth. Set to the music of the spheres, haunted by a philosopher's spirit, conjured up from dreams and disasters, the adventure-strewn path to Faith's Good Thing lies before us and powerfully beckons us to follow. Trust Charles Johnson, a storyteller with a sorcerer's touch, to realize the moment of truth. inventory #9826.