Mr. Cantonwine - A Moral Tale

Lionel Barrymore

Editore: Little, Brown and Company, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 1953

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Lionel Barrymore â " the same Lionel Barrymore who is known thrice-over as actor, artist and composer â " now adds another dimension, the novel, to his accomplishments. Yet MR. CANTONWINE: A MORAL TALE is more than a novel, more than a â moral tale." It is a unique and compelling story â " the story of Martin J. Cantonwine, lay preacher, snake-oil peddler, a man of great strength and strange powers, who barnstormed this country until 1865 in the company of two Indians, various mules, a surly black bear and a talkative raven named Mad Anthony Wayne. It is a tale of love â " the bittersweet love which Mr. Cantonwine bore for Mary Donovan, whose beauty struck men dumb but whose soul was as black as the night. It is a panoramic view of America from 1835 through the end of the Civil War â " a rough, adventuring America of boom towns and hectic cities, of westward expansion and Indian wars and a House Divided â " an America grown out of its britches and still growing fast. It is an unorthodox picture of a certain great man â " a tail gaunt man who tried to die; who wrestled with Mr. Cantonwine over a fresh grave in an Illinois prairie town; who regained his courage and lived to rendezvous with an assassin's bullet in Fordâ s Theater many years later. It is an American legend, presenting a new, distinctly American hero whose heart and strength lend him a certain legendary stature. And finally, it is a virtuoso performance in fiction â " a literary curiosity full of wit, whimsy, worldliness, parable and strange lore â " the meaning of which each reader must decide for himself. Top and bottom of spine are bumped. All orders shipped protected in a box. Codice articolo 000974

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Titolo: Mr. Cantonwine - A Moral Tale

Casa editrice: Little, Brown and Company, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Data di pubblicazione: 1953

Legatura: Hardcover

Condizione: Very Good

Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair

Edizione: 1st Edition.

Tipologia articolo: Book