The light in the forest / Conrad Richter ; illustrated by Warren Chappell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richter, Conrad, 1890-1968.

Contributor:

Chappell, Warren, 1904-1991.

Tehon, Atha.

Atha Tehon Thiras Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Group identity.

History.

Pennsylvania--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Fiction.

Pennsylvania.

Identity (Psychology)--Fiction.

Identity (Psychology).

Indian captivities--Fiction.

Indian captivities.

Delaware Indians--Fiction.

Delaware Indians.

Group identity--Fiction.

Young men--Fiction.

Young men.

Indians of North America--Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

History.

Historical fiction.

Bildungsromans.

Penn Provenance:

Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)

Tehon, Susan (donor)

Physical Description:

x, 176 pages, 6 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1966.

Summary:

As part of an agreement to keep peace, whites are insisting that captives who have been living with the Indians be returned to their white settlements. True Son, fifteen years old, has lived with the Delaware tribe since being captured as a baby.

Notes:

"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc."

Publication date from title-page.

"A Country of Strangers" (1966) is a companion novel to "The Light in the Forest".

"This book was set on the Linotype in Janson, a recutting made direct from the type cast from matrices made by Anton Janson."--A Note on the Type.

"The typography, decorations, and binding were designed by Warren Chappell."--Colophon.

"Eleven and up."--Dust jacket.

Designed by Atha Tehon.

Local Notes:

Tehon Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.

Tehon Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

ISBN:

0394814045

9780394814049

OCLC:

899496