Winter's tale
Peter Lake -- orphan, thief, mechanic extraordinare -- and Athansor, a flying Brooklyn milkhorse, establish a reign of love and justice in New York City in the year 2000.
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- Full title :Winter's tale / by Mark Helprin.
Summary
Peter Lake -- orphan, thief, mechanic extraordinare -- and Athansor, a flying Brooklyn milkhorse, establish a reign of love and justice in New York City in the year 2000.
Read More ↓Edition Statements
- Publication Date:©1983.
- Edition:1st ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
- Place of Publication:San Diego
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1983.
The Physical Object
- Description:xii, 673 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0151972036, 9780151972036, 9780156001946, 0156001942, 9780156031196, 0156031191, 9780544320420, 0544320425
- oclc:ocm09350440
- LC Classification:PS3558.E4775
- Dewey Decimal:813/.54
Table of Contents
A white horse escapes -- The ferry burns in morning cold -- Pearly soames -- Peter Lake from a star -- Beverly -- A goddess in the bath -- On the marsh -- Lake of the Coheeries -- The hospital in Printing House Square -- Aceldama -- Four gates to the city -- Lake of the Coheeries -- In the drifts -- A new life -- Hell gate -- Nothing is random -- Peter Lake returns -- The sun ... -- ... and the ghost -- An early summer dinner at Petipas -- The machine age -- A very short history of the clouds -- Battery bridge -- White horse and dark horse -- The white dog of Afghanistan -- Abysmillard redux -- Ex machina -- For the soldiers and sailors of Chelsea -- The city alight -- A golden age.
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