Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds WRESTLE THE and 7 similar items

WRESTLE THE MOUNTAIN By Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Chicago: Follett Publishing Company, (1971). First edition, first printing, original trade binding. Nearly fine in sky-blue pebbled boards with black titles to the spine, upper spine edge mildly crimped; in a near fine dust jacket with slight edge rub-wear. Wrap-around jacket art depicting a mine scaffold emitting a vaporous cloud, and a worry-eyed face under a miner's hat by Paul Giovanopoulos. The Newbery Award-winning author of SHILOH places this moving story in the same West Virginia setting. Naylor's husband was from the state and she became enamored with it. The struggles of miners in West Virginia is a wonderful historical background in this eleven-year-old boy's tale of evolving to become his own individual as a woodworker instead of a miner like his father A beautiful copy of a very early, and important young-adult novel by a multi-award-winning author. Newbery Medal, Child Study Award, Edgar Allan Poe Award, and Kerlan Award. Note: This is NOT an ex-library copy, as is usually the case. This is the publisher's trade edition, NOT the usual made-for-libraries Titan binding. FREE SHIPPING to USA on this item. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT BOOKS THANKS!