first edition Hardcover
1949 · New York
by O'Hara, John
New York: Random House, 1949. First Printing. Hardcover. VG/G- (Book is only slightly aged; dj has moderate wear to edges and is corner clipped.). Black stamped cloth, color pictorial dust jacket, 590 pp. A novel about the Caldwell family of Fort Penn, Pennsylvania. "Idealists and libertines, public-spirited and self-seeking citizens, officials and tradesmen and crusaders, men of violence and good-will, and women of fierce possessiveness and tenderness form the pageant of memorable characters who vitalize this novel. It is a full-canvas portrait of a city and its people, done with a zest for color and light and movement." (dj).
(Inventory #: 159199)