| International Standard Book Number |
9780593702437 (hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
0593702433 (hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780593702444 (trade paperback)
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| International Standard Book Number |
0593702441 (trade paperback)
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| Personal Name |
Langford Shaw, Kendra, author.
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| Title Statement |
The pillagers' guide to arctic pianos / Kendra Langford Shaw.
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| Edition Statement |
First hardcover edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York : Pantheon Books, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
283 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
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| Content Type |
text txt rdacontent
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| Media Type |
unmediated n rdamedia
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| Carrier Type |
volume nc rdacarrier
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| Summary, Etc. |
"An exuberant, highly imaginative epic about a family that settles, against all odds, in the far reaches of the Arctic and the unexpected industry that keeps them afloat for generations"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Summary, Etc. |
In the far reaches of the Territory of the Arctic, the Spahr family lives on a fjord accessible only by kayak and float plane, in a landscape rapidly changing as glaciers melt and sea levels rise. Their home is Jubilation House, aptly they are a family of free spirit and full-hearted love, descendants of the homesteaders who came to this place in a reckless scheme to civilize the Glacial Front. They live off the grid in a converted fisherman's shack, selling pickled octopus and sea crops, barely scraping by. With every day, their livelihood seems ever more precarious. Then one of their few neighbors dredges up a centuries-old piano, a vestige from the original homesteading expedition, when every family was required to haul a six-hundred-pound instrument as a sign of mannerly society--almost none made it to their final destination. Now, this intricately carved beauty has emerged, perfectly preserved from the frigid Arctic waters, and the antique treasure becomes a priceless collectors' item. A new economic boom seizes the territory--piano hunting--and the Spahrs throw themselves into the quest with full-throated aplomb. But the costs of their possible salvation soon begin to mount.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Families Arctic regions Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Treasure troves Arctic regions Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Antiques business Arctic regions Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Piano Arctic regions Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Piano Arctic regions.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Treasure hunting Arctic regions Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Alternative histories (Fiction) lcgft.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Domestic fiction. lcgft.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Epic fiction. lcgft.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Fiction. lcgft.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Novels. lcgft.
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| Location |
FIC LAN 31662001845593
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