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Binding: Paperback
Format: Unabridged
Label: DELL PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC,
Manufacturer: DELL PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC,
Publication Date: 1951
Publisher: DELL PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC,
Studio: DELL PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC,

ACROSS THE RIVER AND INTO THE TREES BY ERNEST HEMINGWAY. COVER PAINTED BY GRIFFETH FOXLEY. DELL BOOK D117. COVER PRICE 35 CENTS. THIS IS A NOVEL OF GREATNESS.... A TENSE, STARK STORY OF DAYS-HOURS-MINUTES,AND OF THE SAVAGE HOPE THAT CAN STILL GOAD A MAN WHO KNOWS THERE IS NO HOPE...A MAN WHO HAS LIVED A LIFETIME AND IS NOT YET OLD, BUT WHOSE HEART IS WEARY, WOUNDED, AND TURNED TOWARD DEATH... IT IS THE STORY OF POST WAR VENICE AND OF COLONEL RICHARD CANTWELL, A LONELY BATTLESCARRED MAN OF FIERCE EMBITTERED PRIDE... AND OF THE BEAUTIFUL YOUNG ITALIAN COUNTESS WHO OFFERS HIM LOVE, TENDER, AND SELFLESS. IT IS THE POIGNANT, POWERFULL STORY OF THE FEW RICH HOURS THEY SHARE... HAUNTINGLY CHECKERED HOURS-DARK WITH THE INEXORABLE SHADOW OF DEATH-BRIGHT WITH A DEEP AND MOVING LOVE. IT IS A STORY OF TORMENT, PASSION AND ELEMENTAL COURAGE, SUPERBLY TOLD BY ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST WRITERS.