Imports by Marinette

The Blood of the Lamb

The Blood of the Lamb by Peter De Vries HB FE

The Blood of the Lamb by Peter de Vries -- a book which follows the life of Don Wanderhop from his childhood in an immigrant Calvinist family living in Chicago in the 1950s through the loss of a brother, his faith, his wife, and finally his daughter-a tragedy drawn directly from De Vries's own life. Hardbound without dust jacket. Little Brown and Company, Publisher. Stated First Edition, 1961. 5 5/8 by 8 1/4 inches. 246 pages. Location: Shelf 101A

This book is in good condition. It is an ex library book. There is glue residue on the end papers where the dust jacket was removed. There is some minor edge wear. There is some minor corner Bumping. The binding is tight with no loose or missing pages.

Here is an excerpt from the book:

FOR A LONG TIME my father had insomnia, and so was. let sleep till all hours. "Shh" was the first word I learned, and as an injunction aimed at me, not at others on my infant behalf, and walking on tiptoe my first conception of human locomotion, gained through the slats of my crib.

After retiring at a conventional enough hour, my father would lie wide-eyed until dawn, when he would sink into a slumber lasting until noon. This gave him a tenure of sixteen hours between the sheets and eight out, more or less reversing the normal human ratio. He had an ice route with a partner named Wigbaldy, Dutchborn like himself, who bore the brunt of this dislocation, carrying on alone until with the sun high in the sky my father would appear in one or another of the Chicago alleys up which they plied their trade with horse and wagon, or what was more likely, overtake Wigbaldy at one of the many saloons they serviced, at least until Prohibition, ready for the day's first refreshment.

Item Number bk100024

Price	$3.00
Shipping & Handling	$3.00
Total	SOLD

Previous Page