Winston Churchill A Far Country

CHURCHILL, Winston.. A Far Country. New York: The MacMillan Company., 1915.
Very Good; Corners and spine bumped. Previous owners inscription to first free end-paper. 19 cm. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine and upper board. A Far Country is A modern version of the parable of the prodigal son, set in the American Midwest of the 1880s during the Robber Baron era. Readers generally resisted the novel as a ponderous, lifeless allegory on the need for business reform and the importance of a social conscience. Winston Churchill (November 10, 1871-March 12, 1947) was an American novelist. Churchill was born in Saint Louis, Missouri, the son of Edward Spalding and Emma Bell (Blaine) Churchill. He attended Smith Academy in Missouri and the United States Naval Academy, where he graduated in 1894 and became an editor of the Army and Navy Journal. He resigned from the navy to pursue a writing career. While he would be most successful as a novelist, he was also a published poet and essayist. In 1898 he produced his first novel, The Celebrity. Churchill's second novel, Richard Carvel, published the next year, was a phenomenon, literally selling by the box-car. It sold two million copies in a nation of only seventy-six million and made Churchill rich. His next two novels, The Crisis (1901) and The Crossing (1904) , were also very successful. Churchill's early novels were historical but his later works were set in contemporary America. Churchill often sought to include his political ideas into his novels. In 1899, Churchill moved to Cornish, New Hampshire. He became involved in politics and was elected to the state legislature in 1903 and 1905. He unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for governor in 1906. In 1912, he was nominated as the Progressive candidate for governor but did not win the election. He did not again seek office. In 1917, he toured the battlefields of World War I and wrote about what he saw, his first non-fiction work. Churchill met and occasionally communicated with the British statesman Winston Churchill. They were both popular, contemporary authors, although the British Churchill wrote only one novel. (Because the American had gotten there first, the British Churchill's books are all signed "Winston S. Churchill". ) In 1919, Churchill decided to enter a prolonged period of self-reflection. He stopped writing and withdrew from public life. As a result of this he was gradually forgotten by the public. In 1940, The Uncharted Way, his first book in twenty years, was published. The book was a reflection of Churchill's thoughts on religion. He did not seek to publicize the book and it received little attention. Shortly before his death he said, "It is very difficult now for me to think of myself as a writer of novels, as all that seems to belong to another life. "Churchill died in Winter Park, Florida in 1947. ; 509 pages. Illustrated by Herman Pfeifer. First Edition. Binding is Cloth. 16mo.

1st Edition, Hardcover,

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CHURCHILL,WINSTON: A FAR COUNTRY, N.Y. GROSSET & DUNLAP 1915 ; fester Einband / hard cover; Schutzumschlag / dust cover
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509 pgs,book .Olive green cover.Foxing on endpapers.Side of back endpaper,clipped.Reading copy.Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. FIRST EDITION No Jacket Hardcover 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Book; FIRST EDITION

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CHURCHILL,WINSTON: A FAR COUNTRY, N.Y. The Macmillan Company 1915 ; fester Einband / hard cover; Schutzumschlag / dust cover
Very Good Herman Pfeifer

509 pgs,book cover red and gilt,slight shelf wear. FIRST EDITION No Jacket Hardcover 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Book; FIRST EDITION

[SW: Literature, Churchill, fiction, a Far Country, winston Churchill]

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Churchill, Winston: A Far Country, New York The Macmillan Company 1915 ; fester Einband / hard cover
Very Good Pfeifer, Herman

Very good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. ADVANCED READING COPY embossed in title page; 509 pgs in vg condition as is the maroon cover w/bright gold title, authors name; spine shows slight edgewear on top and bottom; a few pencil marks inside back cover; address stamped on front endpaper. No Jacket Hard cover

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