First American trade edition. The story also helps you understand why some people think the way they do, although it seems so unrealistic and idiotic to you or I. Tutor and Freelance Writer. More information about this seller From: A tight copy, which has some slight spine slant. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 1984. It shows you unusual situations and encourages you to think of how you would handle such a situation. Great Expectations Rare Books (1984), From:
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First Edition. This was an incredibly engaging book and would be a good read for both those looking to think and those looking to be entertained. It's a three-part chronicle of the gradual descent into murder and madness by a man of great intelligence, individuality, photographic memory and deeply analytical genius.
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Part adventure story, part comedy, part travelogue, part horror story. 1st Edition. He builds a huge ice-making machine called 'Fat Boy' powered by hydrogen and ammonia, and transports the ice it produces farther up the river to isolated tribesmen, only to find to his disgust that missionaries have already reached them and 'corrupted' them to the ways of the West.
Grow Your Child's Library with Top Young Reader Series, Knock Knock Gifts, Books & Office Supplies, Buy One, Get One 50% Off Holiday Boxed Cards, Learn how to enable JavaScript on your browser, Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Capetown. Start by marking “The Mosquito Coast” as Want to Read: Error rating book. Very good in like jacket. Near Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket. But... what frustrated me was the lack of depth when it came to nearly all the other characters.
25. Allie's like that guy/stranger in a bar that overhears your conversation and busts in with some weird ranting about Martians in Kansas. sojourns in India. Basis for the film starring Harrison Ford and River Phoenix. The Mosquito Coast is a novel by author Paul Theroux. ePUB(Android), audible mp3, audiobook and kindle. Seller Inventory # 005256. A very good plus book: clean, tight, straight and crisp, with some foxing to the orange cloth (the quarter-binding at the spine) and to the upper textblock edge. Hard Cover. It’s a hard book to categorise, this one: coming-of-age yarn, adventure story, literary fiction? Owner inscription to FFEP. We do not guarantee that these techniques will work for you. From: From: "The Mosquito Coast" is a fictional story of an American father Allie Fox, who is an inventor and completely disillusioned with the American lifestyle of consumerism and materialism ("We eat when we're not hungry, drink when we're not thirsty, buy what we don't need, and throw away everything that's useful. x-lib Book shows common (average) signs of wear and use. First Edition. Published by Houghton Mifflin in 1984.
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Condition: Very Good. Charlie doesn't long for "home" like his younger brother Jerry, but he does wish for more comforts; living on a deserted, empoverished Central American coast after being a sharecropper in the U.S.A. is certainly quite a change. Near fine book and jacket. (Denver, CO, U.S.A.), About this Item: Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1982. Covers are clean and bright. Seller Inventory # sku520003611. (1982), From: Allie Fox is a genius, a fool, a loving father, a madman, a dreamer, and a selfish SOB. Seller Inventory # 3452. Mass Market Paperback. Seller Inventory # ABE-1553556853554. Hardcover, very good in a very good dust jacket, faint damp stain on top edge, 1982 First Edition, first printing, 294 pages - S B3**USPS Priority mail will be used for most packages**. More information about this seller First Edition. 1st Edition. First Edition. First American Trade Edition.
Slight stains back end paper, very good; dust jacket edge wear, very good. VG in DJ with two small edge tears and slight edge wear, else VG. Hardcover. Mr. Haddy arrives under cover of night and gives Charlie a drum of gasoline and spark plugs, which he knows Allie would not accept; Charlie hides them on the shore.
But his utopian experiment takes a dark turn when his obsessions lead the family toward unimaginable danger. Hardcover.
(Indianapolis, IN, U.S.A.), About this Item: Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1982. Houghton Mifflin, 1984. Randall Dollahon
There's a gift inscription on the flyleaf. OSU., 374 S. - Schutzumschlag am Buchrücken etwas berieben. Not priceclipped and no markings. Shamrock Books | Contact this seller Some themes that are conveyed through this story are the ability of split-second decisions to dramatically alter anybody’s life, and the inability of certain individuals to be able to mentally handle the stressful life of western civilization. He was absolutely right. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. He tricks them and locks them in 'Fat Boy' intending to freeze them to death, but their gunfire causes an explosion which kills the three gunmen, destroys Jeronimo and pollutes the river. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Allie decides to move his family from Hatfield, Massachusetts to escape the influence of the United States and the world war he fears is imminent, to enjoy a simpler life in La Mosquitia on the eponymous Mosquito Coast of Honduras. (1982), About this Item: Houghton Mifflin Company, NY, 1982. Hard Cover. THE MOSQUITO COAST. I do research in spoken language technology, building software that people can talk to.
9. letter from an American philanthropist, Mrs. Merrill Unger, with news of a scandal involving an Indian friend of her son’s, he is intrigued.
Nice copy with sharp blue/grey boards and bold black lettering on the bright orange spine. Other Resources. Author's 14th work of fiction. DJ shows very slight signs of normal aging. Seller Inventory # 283783. Science, English, History, Civics, Art, Business, Law, Geography, all free! Allie Fox is going to re-create the world. I first heard of this book when the movie came out. (Washington, DC, U.S.A.), About this Item: Houghton Mifflin, NY, 1982.
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Mass Market Paperback. The combination of all these delusions eventually prompted him to relocate himself and his family to a different country altogether, where he whatever lifestyle he so desired. Condition: NEAR FINE. Published by Cloth & bds; 8vo.,374pp.Tight. Hardy Books Published by Published by Very exciting. Brief gift message front endpaper.
Condition: Near Fine. In Mylar. LEGAL. Great book, The Mosquito Coast pdf is enough to raise the goose bumps alone.
It scares them, the way their faces look. June 1st 2006 From: 14. 4 ****, My introduction to the fiction of Paul Theroux is. Very Good tight bright condition Very- Good dustjacket hardback. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. OMG! Jacket is in Very Good + condition.
Shipped in well padded box. (1983), ISBN 10: 0380619458ISBN 13: 9780380619450, From:
16. With that hit, he surpassed Babe Ruth's legendary baseball record and realized a lifelong dream. The ending is a Greek tragedy in itself.
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