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Burden Of Desire

by Robert Macneil

ISBN13: 9780156006095
ISBN10: 015600609X
Condition: Less Than Standard

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The disastrous 1917 explosion of a munitions ship in Halifax Harbor, Nova Scotia, forms the backdrop to this “rich, abundantly humane love story” (Chicago Tribune)-”a powerful piece of work” (Washington Post Book World) that marks an “auspicious fiction debut for an already accomplished author and award-winning journalist” (Chicago Sun-Times).

About the Author

ROBERT MacNEIL was the coanchor of PBS's MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour until his retirement in 1995. He has written two volumes of memoirs and three novels. MacNeil grew up in Nova Scotia, the setting for his bestselling memoir Wordstruck. He now divides his time between Halifax and New York City.

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ISBN:: 9780156006095
Binding:: Trade Paperback
Publication date:: 10/01/1998
Publisher:: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT
Series info:: Harvest Book
Pages:: 480
Height:: 8 in.
Width:: 5.31 in.
Series:: Harvest Book
Number of Units:: 1
UPC Code:: 2800156006097
Author:: Robert MacNeil
Subject:: Literature-A to Z
Subject:: World War, 1914-1918
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical fiction
Subject:: Fiction
Subject:: World War, 1914-1918 - Nova Scotia -

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