Hangsaman

New York: Farrar Straus and Young, (1951).

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Hardcover. First edition. Extremities of the boards a little worn, else near fine in good dustwrapper with a chip on the front panel, and lacking the top one inch of the spine (part of which is laid into the book). Author's third book, and second novel, and her first novel to deal with the darker regions of human nature and personality. Inscribed by the author to her in-laws, the parents of her husband, Stanley Edgar Hyman: "For Lulu and Dad with all my love – Shirley. April 1951." The recipients were, along with her own parents, the dedicatees of her book *Life Among the Savages.* Jackson was a bit of a recluse and books inscribed by her are uncommon, especially with any kind of association.

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Item #78586 Hangsaman. Shirley JACKSON.
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Shirley Jackson
birth name: Shirley Hardie Jackson
born: 12/14/1916
died: 8/8/1965

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Biography

American novelist and short-story writer known for her sublte psychological horror. Her much-anthologized story "The Lottery" caused a sensation when it was published in The New Yorker. Among her novels are The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle.more

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