Conrad Richter. Second printing. Dust Jacket: Very Good+ Jacket design by George Salter. In an unclipped price ($3.50) jacket with vibrant color. Slight chip on top of spine of jacket.
Hardcover: Near Fine. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. Orange cloth with gold emblem and green lettering on spine. First and second printing before publication in 1960. No writing or markings in the book, 176 pp.
Richter won the 1961 National Book Award for his work. He also won the a Pulitzer Prize for The Land (1950).
This novel appeals to anyone interested in Pennsylvania history because it is a true and thoughtful consideration of a small town and its people in the valley and ridge central part of the state. Richter delivers with loving yet analytical detail the Pennsylvania Dutch (and one notable Scots-Irishman), the miners, the merchants, the ministers, and the families of a slightly disguised Pine Grove circa 1900. The story is set in an allegorical framework (the waters of time) that echoes wonderfully in the reader's mind and only improves with rereading and reflection (source: Gardner Digital Library review).
