The Fifth Son of the Shoemaker
- The Fifth Son of the Shoemaker
Infobox Book |
name = The Fifth Son of the Shoemaker
image_caption =
author = Donald Corley
cover_artist = Donald Corley
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Novel
release_date = 1930
publisher = Robert M. McBride
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 282 pp.
isbn = NA
preceded_by = The House of Lost Identity
followed_by = The Haunted Jester
"The Fifth Son of the Shoemaker" is a book by Donald Corley, illustrated by the author. It was his best known work and his only novel, though according to Lin Carter it is actually "a volume of short stories under the guise of a novel." [Carter, Lin, ed. "Discoveries in Fantasy", New York, Ballantine Books, 1972, pp. 102.] The book was first published in hardcover in New York by Robert M. McBride in September 1930.
Plot
The book concerns the story of a Russian family of hereditary shoemakers who have immigrated from Moscow to New York, their establishment in a humble East Side cellar, rise from rags to riches, and travels around the world.
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