The autobiography of a pioneer, this is Margaret Mead's story of her life as a woman and as an anthropologist. An enduring cultural icon, she came to represent the new woman, successfully combining motherhood with career, and scholarship with concern for its role in the lives of ordinary people. 62 photos.
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The autobiography of a pioneer, this is Margaret Mead's story of her life as a woman and as an anthropologist. An enduring cultural icon, she came to represent the new woman, successfully combining motherhood with career, and scholarship with concern for its role in the lives of ordinary people. 62 photos.
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Good in fair dust jacket. Blackberry Winter: My Earlier Years by Margaret Mead (Author)....Hardcover IN DUST JACKET CONDITION GOOD-PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM MORROW AND CO. -)...COPYRIGHT 1972...305 PAGES...INSIDE BACK COVER IS A NEWSPAPER CLIPPING ON MEAD... 305 p. illus. 24 cm. Includes Illustrations. Blackberry Winter: My Earlier Years by Margaret Mead (Author)....Hardcover IN DUST JACKET CONDITION GOOD-PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM MORROW AND CO. -)...COPYRIGHT 1972...305 PAGES...INSIDE BACK COVER IS A NEWSPAPER CLIPPING ON MEAD by Margaret Mead (Author) The distinguished American anthropologist recalls the people and events of her childhood and early career, revealing the major influences on her private and public life
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7? "-9? " tall; Type: Hardback Third Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Very Good + Condition. Black and white photographs. Very clean and unmarked forest green cloth binding with bold, bright and sharp gilt titles on spine. Tight and solid with intact headbands. Former owner name and address on half title page. Pages very clean and free from any markings. Jacket is clean with light to moderate wear to extremities. The story behind the pioneering achievements of one of the world's most famous anthropologists. Dr. Mead tells of her life up to World War II. She describes vividly her early field trips-to Samoa, New Guinea, Bali-and the opposition she overcame as a young woman studying alone the primitive peoples of the South Seas, then unprecedented and even shocking to many. This is the story of her personal adventure and meaning, a self-portrait of Margaret Mead as a child, student, wife, mother, and grandmother 305 pages. 9.5 x 6.25 inches. William Morrow & Co, New York, 1972.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 4th pr. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Address label on front endpaper. Edges of cover fading. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
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Fine. Dust jacket shows edgewear. Has Name written on the inside. Book is in excellent condition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed. Orders received before 3PM PT typically ship same day. All profits support the non-profit community.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Later printing. 305pp. Black and white illustrations. Slightly cocked with toning on the board edges else very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with darkening and edgewear.
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Very good; Collectible. VG+ Wm Morrow 1972 Book Club Edition. Pages pristinee. 2nd-Day Ship via Amazon Deckle Edge Hardcover: Collectible Very Good with VG DJ. Forest Green boards with silver spine letteringt, no bumps. Hinges tight & strong; DJ color retouched & repaired head of spine. Pristine maroon end papers. ISBN: 0688000517; Publisher: Wm Morrow; Book Club First Ed. (1972); Blackberry Winter, My Early Years by Margaret Mead: 5.9 x 8.5 x 1.2 in. xiii + 351 pp. I wrap in poly bag. Full Amazon guarantees. [IL27_09_F37].
