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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. BM5 - An uncorrected proof paperback book SIGNED by author on the title page in very good condition that has some bumped corners, chipping on some edges and corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. Rick Bragg, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of All Over but the Shoutin', continues his personal history of the Deep South with an evocation of his mother's childhood in the Appalachian foothills during the Great Depression, and the magnificent story of the man who raised her. 9.25"x6.25", 258 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Rick Bragg is an American journalist and writer known for non-fiction books, especially those about his family in Alabama. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1996 recognizing his work at The New York Times. . Signed by Author. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2007. CN5 - An uncorrected page proof trade paperback book in fine condition. In his evocative history, lerner reveals Prohibition to be the defining issue of the era, the first major "culture war" of the twentieth century, and a harbinger of the social and moral debates that divide America even today. Satisfaction Guaranteed. . Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

Ames, Iowa, USA: Iowa State Press, 1974. CH4 - A hard cover 5th printing book in good+ to very good- condition with a dust jacket in good+ condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in black pictoral printed tan paper covered boards with very minor overall shelf wear plus there is foxing on the top outside paper edges plus there is the original owner's small (about 0.5"x1.75") address label on the front endpaper. The dust jacket shows minor overall shelf wear plus there is right edges, endflaps, and back. The author's growing up experiences during the 1920s and 1930s on an Iowa farm with all the changes that took place from that time to the beginning of World War II when a whole way of life in rural areas was erased in a twinkling. Heavily illustrated with black and white photographs throughout. 186p.. 5th Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Leland, Mississippi, USA: Mississippi River Publishing Company, 1991. BC2 - DJ is mylar protected. A hard cover first edition book autographed by the author and the illustrator in very good condition. This book is assumed to be a first edition because no additional printings are indicated. A tight, clean, sound copy in dark green vinyl covered boards with silver lettering on the spine with only very minor overall shelf wear plus a small triangle cut off of the top right corner of the front endpaper. The dust jacket shows some very minor overall shelf wear mainly in the form of very, very light edge wear mostly on the bottom edges. The adventures and escapades of a family that grew to love the land of Delta gumbo after leaving Alabama. The author, while growing up there with his brothers, found it a different, exciting place. There was malaria, farming the Great Flood and the Great Depression and it was never dull. Illustrated with black and white drawings by Shirley Schmidt. 170p.. Signed by Author… Read More

Merriam, Kansas, USA: Allied Publishing Group, 1986. BD1 - DJ is mylar protected. A tight, clean, sound copy in dark green cloth with gold lettering on the spine with some very light bumping of the top left and right corners plus some very, very light edge wear near the top and bottom spines. The dust jacket is in very good- condition with very minor overall wear mainly in the form some light chipping and edge wear along the top edges plus 2 small (about 0.25") closed tears on the front top edge plus 1 (less than 0.25") on the front bottom edge. This is a collection of anecdotes and experiences of author who was the president of Ottawa University in Kansas for 32 years. Most of the stories are from the earlier part of his tenure and they give evidence of the struggles of the times and of the University in particular in the years following the Depression and the Dust-Bowl on through the duration of World War II. 109p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"… Read More

Meriden, Kansas, USA: Kansas State Grange, 1989. BD2 - A trade paperback book in very good+ condition. An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in illustrated blue wraps with very minor overall shelf. A collection of lore, memories, recipes, and poetry of life in Kansas in the 1920s, the Depression, and during the War. 244p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chesapeake, Virginia: Maximillian Press Publications, 2004. CO5 - A first printing hardcover book in very good condition in good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has some edgewear, water soiled, wrinkling, crease, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has some scattered stains, some soiling on the bottom of pages 71-74, light discoloration and shelf wear. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 2002. BE6 - A trade paperback book in very good+ condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with only very minor overall shelf wear. A book about the racehorse Seabiscuit and how it came to be a cultural icon in America during the Great Depression. The author also weaves into the history of this horse, the biographies of the three men whose lives were intimately tied to the animal's success: Charles Howard, Red Pollard, and Tom Smith. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Acknowledgments, endnotes, indexed, 401p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA: University of Arkansas Press, 1990. BI6 - A hard cover first edition book in very good+ condition. A sequence of numbers with the "1" present with no additional printings indicated. An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in dark brown cloth covered boards with gold lettering and a graphic on the spine with only very, very minor overall shelf wear. The dust jacket shows only very, very minor overall shelf wear. The autobiography of a woman who not only survived the DustBowl era and the Great Depression, but also rejected the stereotyped "Southern Belle" role of her culture to live a life as a farmer, fashion designer, social worker, gentile, Jew, wife, and mother. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 274p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.