Author: Dorothy Evelyn Smith
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Languages : en
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Devil in a Blue Dress (30th Anniversary Edition)
Author: Walter Mosley
Publisher: Washington Square Press
ISBN: 1982150343
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The first novel by “master of mystery” (The New York Times) Walter Mosley, featuring Easy Rawlins, the most iconic African American detective in all of fiction. Named one of the “best 100 mystery novels of all time” by the Mystery Writers of America, this special thirtieth anniversary edition features an all new introduction from the author. The year is 1948, the town is Los Angeles. Easy Rawlins, a black war veteran, has just been fired from his job at a defense factory plant. Drinking in his friend’s bar, he’s wondering how he’ll manage to make ends meet, when a white man in a linen suit approaches him and offers him good money if Easy will simply locate Miss Daphne Money, a missing blonde beauty known to frequent black jazz clubs. Easy has no idea that by taking this job, his life is about to change forever. “More than simply a detective novel…[Mosley is] a talented author with something vital to say about the distance between the black and white worlds, and with a dramatic way to say it” (The New York Times).
Publisher: Washington Square Press
ISBN: 1982150343
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The first novel by “master of mystery” (The New York Times) Walter Mosley, featuring Easy Rawlins, the most iconic African American detective in all of fiction. Named one of the “best 100 mystery novels of all time” by the Mystery Writers of America, this special thirtieth anniversary edition features an all new introduction from the author. The year is 1948, the town is Los Angeles. Easy Rawlins, a black war veteran, has just been fired from his job at a defense factory plant. Drinking in his friend’s bar, he’s wondering how he’ll manage to make ends meet, when a white man in a linen suit approaches him and offers him good money if Easy will simply locate Miss Daphne Money, a missing blonde beauty known to frequent black jazz clubs. Easy has no idea that by taking this job, his life is about to change forever. “More than simply a detective novel…[Mosley is] a talented author with something vital to say about the distance between the black and white worlds, and with a dramatic way to say it” (The New York Times).
The Blue Dress
Author: Dorothy Evelyn Smith
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Languages : en
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The Blue Dress
Author: Alison Townsend
Publisher: White Pine Press
ISBN: 9781893996618
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
A deeply moving collection that revels "in the spell of our miraculous lives."
Publisher: White Pine Press
ISBN: 9781893996618
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
A deeply moving collection that revels "in the spell of our miraculous lives."
The Girl in the Blue Dress
Author: Mary Burchell
Publisher: Harlequin Books
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
Publisher: Harlequin Books
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
The blue dress
Author: Violet Ford
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Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
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Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The Blue Dress
Author: Vanna Morosini
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Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
This Blue Dress
Author: Marianne Milton
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 4
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 4
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The Blue Dress
Author: David Riese
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781530801275
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
NOTE: This is the screenplay based on the short story, The Blue Dress.Rebecca, 12-years-old, learns that her Uncle Wallace, a cattle baron from Texas, is coming to visit. Rebecca doesn't like her uncle and her only hope is that he will bring her a birthstone ring like the one he bought for her cousin the year before. Her uncle arrives. After dinner, Uncle Wallace gives Rebecca her gift: a blue dress once owned by his wife Vera who has remained in Texas. When Rebecca's mother asks her to try on the dress, Rebecca, bitterly disappointed, runs to her room in tears. The next day, Rebecca asks her mother for help sewing on the back of a needlepoint pillow that she has worked on for months. Seeing the pillow, Uncle Wallace praises Rebecca's handiwork. Rebecca soon suspects that her father and Uncle Wallace have reached an agreement that she won't like. When her suspicions become true, Rebecca finds a way to exact a fitting revenge in return for the adults' betrayal.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781530801275
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
NOTE: This is the screenplay based on the short story, The Blue Dress.Rebecca, 12-years-old, learns that her Uncle Wallace, a cattle baron from Texas, is coming to visit. Rebecca doesn't like her uncle and her only hope is that he will bring her a birthstone ring like the one he bought for her cousin the year before. Her uncle arrives. After dinner, Uncle Wallace gives Rebecca her gift: a blue dress once owned by his wife Vera who has remained in Texas. When Rebecca's mother asks her to try on the dress, Rebecca, bitterly disappointed, runs to her room in tears. The next day, Rebecca asks her mother for help sewing on the back of a needlepoint pillow that she has worked on for months. Seeing the pillow, Uncle Wallace praises Rebecca's handiwork. Rebecca soon suspects that her father and Uncle Wallace have reached an agreement that she won't like. When her suspicions become true, Rebecca finds a way to exact a fitting revenge in return for the adults' betrayal.
The Blue Dress
Author: Tarpley Smith
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781788789868
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9781788789868
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Lavender Blue Dress
Author: Aidan Moffat
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781908885289
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Mabel dreams of a lavendar blue ball-gown, which matches the sheets and pillow on her bed.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781908885289
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Mabel dreams of a lavendar blue ball-gown, which matches the sheets and pillow on her bed.