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THE WHEAT FIELD
by Thayer, Steve
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0399148418
- ISBN 13
- 9780399148415
- Seller
-
Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2002. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Thayer's fifth novel features Pennington, a deputy sheriff in a rural Wisconsin county, who is assigned to lead the investigation into the deaths of a politically and socially prominent husband and wife whose naked, shotgunned bodies are found in a "magic circle" in the middle of a wheat field. First edition, first printing (with complete number line). Abourt 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches, 281 pages in brown paper-covered boards with dark red backstrip, a gold sheaves of grain symbol stamped on front cover and gold lettering on spine. Pictorial dustjacket's front panel shows photo of wheat field with fam buildings in the distance and a streak of lightning in a dark sky. Boards show only lightly bumped spine ends, no tearing, chipping or creasing. Text is complete, clean and unmarked, no soiled edges or dogearred pages. Binding is tight and square. Not ex-libarary, not remaindered. A collectable copy of this well-crafted crime-thriller from an increasingly popular writer.
Synopsis
Steve Thayer was born and raised in St. Paul, Minnesota, and continues to make his home in the suburb city of Edina. Wolf Pass is his sixth novel, and continues the story of Wisconsin-local Deputy Pennington, who, now in secluded retirement, narrates his experiences working for the Kickapoo Falls sheriff's department in the 1960s. His first book, published in 1994, is titled Saint Mudd . His second book and a national best seller, The Weatherman was published first in Hardcover in 1995 and then paperback in 1996. Silent Snow followed to rave reviews as well. Steve always thoroughly researches his novels. In once instance, he took a part time job with a local weatherman to learn the ins-and-outs of weather for his upcoming novel. For Wolf Pass , Steve researched German prisoner-of-war camps located in Wisconsin during WWII.
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005835
- Title
- THE WHEAT FIELD
- Author
- Thayer, Steve
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0399148418
- ISBN 13
- 9780399148415
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- MYSTERY, SUSPENSE, FIRST EDITION, POLICE PROCEDURAL, WISCONSIN, CRIME, THRILLER,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery; Crime; Police Procedural;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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- Tight
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- Spine
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- Fine
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