{"product_id":"the-man-who-was-there-wright-morris-9780803258136","title":"The Man Who Was There","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen it first appeared in 1945, this novel disconcerted a good many critics: Agee Ward, \"the man who was there\" of the title, ostensibly is the man who is \u003ci\u003enot\u003c\/i\u003e there--a member of the armed forces in World War II, he has been reported missing in action. Yet as we are shown various views of Agee and how he continues to affect the lives of others--among them Grandma Herkimer and Private Reagan, who knew him in boyhood; Peter Spavic and Mrs. Krickbaum, who refuse to believe that he is missing; Miss Gussie Newcomb, his landlady and (to her surprise) his heir--we come to perceive what Agee had in mind when he said \"that anything really alive just went on and on.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wright Morris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803258135\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803258136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1977\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Wright Morris","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059751350527,"sku":"9780803258136","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_997af55b-263e-4720-8a0c-b42261b341d3.jpg?v=1685060116","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-man-who-was-there-wright-morris-9780803258136","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}