1940 RIVER OF EARTH By James Still, 1st Edition First Printing, Signed?, DJ, VG
Item History & Price
"River of Earth" by James Still with original, un-clipped dust jacket. 1940 1st Edition, 1st Printing; The Viking Press; New York. There is an inscription on the front end paper that may have been written by the author, though I can't say this conclusively (I have compared handwriting samples and see similarities in some of the characters, but can't say for sure that the inscription is by Still) - please see the photos.
RIVER OF EARTHFirst published in 1940, James Still's masterful ...novel hasbecome a classic. It is the story, seen through the eyes of a boy, of threeyears in the life of his family and their kin. He sees his parents pulledbetween the meager farm with its sense of independence and the mining camp withits uncertain promise of material prosperity. In his world privation, violence, and death are part of everyday life, accepted and endured. Yet it is a world ofdignity, love, and humor, of natural beauty which Still evokes in sharp, poeticimages. No writer has caught more effectively the vividness of mountain speechor shown more honestly the trials and joys of mountain life.
RIVER OF EARTHFirst published in 1940, James Still's masterful ...novel hasbecome a classic. It is the story, seen through the eyes of a boy, of threeyears in the life of his family and their kin. He sees his parents pulledbetween the meager farm with its sense of independence and the mining camp withits uncertain promise of material prosperity. In his world privation, violence, and death are part of everyday life, accepted and endured. Yet it is a world ofdignity, love, and humor, of natural beauty which Still evokes in sharp, poeticimages. No writer has caught more effectively the vividness of mountain speechor shown more honestly the trials and joys of mountain life.
