Jailbird
Jailbird is a novel by Kurt Vonnegut, originally published in 1979. The book is regarded as Kurt Vonnegut’s “Watergate novel.” The novel is narrated by protagonist Walter F. Starbuck, a man recently released from a minimum-security prison in Georgia after serving time for his small role in the Watergate Scandal. Jailbird is written as a standard memoir, revealing Starbuck’s present situation, then coming full circle to tell the story of his first two days after being released from prison. Through Starbuck, Jailbird discusses the history of the American labor movement, alongside corporate America, McCarthyism, the Nixon administration, and Watergate.
UK Uncorrected Proof
1979
(Trade Paperback)
Jonathan Cape Publishing
First Edition — First Printing
September – 1979
(Standard Hardcover)
Delacorte Press
UK First Edition — First Printing
1979
(Standard Hardcover)
Jonathan Cape Publishing
Limited First Edition — First Printing
September – 1979
(Special Hardcover)
The Franklin Library
First Edition — Second Printing
September – 1979
(Standard Hardcover)
Delacorte Press
First Edition — Third Printing
September – 1979
(Standard Hardcover)
Delacorte Press
First Edition — Fourth Printing
September – 1979
(Standard Hardcover*)
Delacorte Press
First Edition — Fifth Printing
September – 1979
(Standard Hardcover)
Delacorte Press
Book Club Edition — First Printing
September – 1979
(Standard Hardcover)
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Delacorte Press
Book Club Edition — First Printing
September – 1979
(Standard Hardcover)
[🍁 Stamp]
Delacorte Press
Taiwanese Bootleg Hardcover Edition
September – 1979
(Standard Hardcover)
Delacorte Press [Stated]
Trade Edition — First Printing
1979
(Trade Paperback)
Delacorte Press
Mass Market Edition — First Printing
November – 1980
(Mass Market Paperback)
Dell Publishing
ISBN-13: 9780440154471
ISBN-10: 0440154472
Mass Market Edition — Tenth Printing
November – 1980
(Mass Market Paperback)
Dell Publishing
ISBN-13: 9780440154471
ISBN-10: 0440154472
Mass Market Edition — Eleventh Printing
November – 1980
(Mass Market Paperback)
Dell Publishing
ISBN-13: 9780440154471
ISBN-10: 0440154472
Large Print Hardcover Edition
December – 1980
(Large Hardcover)
G. K. Hall & Co. Publishing
UK Mass Market Edition — First Printing
1980
(Mass Market Paperback)
Panther Books / Granada Publishing
ISBN-10: 0586051953
Kannada/Canarese (India) Language Edition
1980
(Trade Paperback)
Altin Kitaplar Yayinevi Publishing
Mass Market Edition — Eighteenth Printing
July – 1982
(Mass Market Paperback)
Dell (Laurel) Publishing
ISBN-13: 9780440154730
ISBN-10: 0440154731
UK Mass Market Edition — Second Printing
1982
(Mass Market Paperback)
Panther Books / Granada Publishing
ISBN-10: 0586051953
Cassette Tape Audiobook
September – 1985
(Cassette Tapes)
Walden Tapes
ISBN-10: 0681334436
UK Mass Market Edition — Fourth Printing
1986
(Mass Market Paperback)
Grafton Publishing
ISBN-10: 0586051953
Polish Trade Edition
December – 1990
(Trade Paperback with Dust Jacket)
Spółdvielnia | Warszawa Publishing
ISBN-13: 9788307012797
ISBN-10: 8307012791
UK Trade Edition — Eighth Printing
1992
(Trade Paperback)
Vintage Publishing — London
ISBN-13: 9780099999003
ISBN-10: 0099999005
Trade Edition
June – 2006
(Trade Paperback)
Dial Press Trade Paperbacks
ISBN-13: 9780385333900
ISBN-10: 0385333900
UK Trade Edition — Eighteenth Printing
January – 2009
(Trade [Matte] Paperback)
Vintage Publishing — London
ISBN-13: 9780099999003
ISBN-10: 0099999005
Trade Edition
2011
(Trade Paperback)
Dial Press Trade Paperbacks
ISBN-13: 9780385333900
ISBN-10: 0385333900
Compact Disc Audiobook
2015
(MP3 Compact Disc)
Audible Studios
*Facsimile Dust Jacket