Sweet Promised Land by Robert Laxalt, Basque Series, LE, 1/150, Univ Nevada 1986

Description: Sweet Promised Land by Robert Laxalt, illustrations by George Carlson, foreword by William Douglass. ISBN: 0-87417-118-0 Published in 1986 by University of Nevada Press, Reno and Las Vegas Originally published in 1957 by Harper, New York, this limited-edition reprint is signed by Robert Laxalt and the illustrator, George Carlson. Updated with an introduction by William Douglass, then Coordinator for the Basque Studies program at University of Nevada. One of 150 specially bound, signed copies, this is #20. Bound in publisher's original burgundy book cloth, stamped in gold foil on the spine, black end papers, signed and numbered on the limitation page, smyth sewn, acid free paper, 176pp. Inside the cover: In this warm and moving story, Robert Laxalt paints an affectionate portrait of his immigrant father who returns to his Basque homeland after living nearly half a century on the ranges of the American West. The nostalgic trip to his native land ends poignantly as Dominique Laxalt realizes that America is his true home. One of the first books of the immigrant genre, Sweet Promised Land earned both wide readership and critical acclaim during its first twenty years in print (1957-1977). It was translated into French and German, and also was chosen as a first selection of the National Book Society in England and was a selection of two book clubs in the United States.Told with compelling sensitivity, Sweet Promised Land is the story of a Basque-American sheepherder who is persuaded by his family to finally return home for a long-planned visit. Dominique, accompanied by his son Robert, makes the journey to his native Basque country in the French Pyrenees. His return to the village and mountain trails of his youth evokes ambiguous feelings as he describes to his relatives the life of hardship he has endured in the United States. Above all, Sweet Promised Land tells the story of a family whose members share a strength of character drawn from their peasant ancestors yet are separated by diverse cultures on different continents. Ships via USPS Media Mail bubble wrapped in a box.

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