Mother's Medicine

New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1979. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. First edition of Mother's Medicine by Nancy Moore Thurmond, signed by Senator Strom Thurmond to Senator Alan Cranston.. First edition of Mother's Medicine by Nancy Moore Thurmond, signed by Senator Strom Thurmond to Senator Alan Cranston. Octavo, 383pp. Orange hardcover, title in gilt on cream cloth spine. Stated "First Edition" with full number line on copyright page. Solid text block, lightly bumped on top edge, near fine. In the publisher's dust jacket, $9.95 retail price, light wear to edges of spine, a near fine example. Inscribed by Nancy and Strom Thurmond on the front free endpaper "To our friends Norma and Alan Cranston, distinguished U.S. Senator from California, With our best wishes... January 1979." Strom Thurmond (1902 - 2003) was the United States Senator from South Carolina from 1954 to 2003, making him one of the longest-serving senators in U.S. history. Originally a Democrat, he became known for his staunch segregationist views and ran as a Dixiecrat candidate for president in 1948, opposing civil rights legislation. In 1964, he switched to the Republican Party as the political landscape shifted, becoming a key conservative figure. Thurmond also holds the record for the longest filibuster in Senate history, speaking for 24 hours and 18 minutes in opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1957. He retired in 2003 at the age of 100 and passed away later that year.