Jenny By Nature
NY: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1961. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 215 pages. Stated first printing. Green boards with silver lettering on spine. Signed by author (name only) on half-title page. Firm binding; no loose pages. Book with minor wear. Dust jacket with some sunning on the spine and minor wear, now encased in a clear protective cover. A small amount of foxing on top edge. Collectible Good / good. Item #12136
Erskine Preston Caldwell (1903 – 1987) was an American novelist and short story writer. His writings about poverty, racism and social problems in his native Southern United States, particularly in his novels 'Tobacco Road' (1932) and 'God's Little Acre' (1933) brought him critical acclaim. From the inner flap of the jacket: "The heroine of the new novel by America's most widely read author is an outspoken, life-loving, woman of courage who knows how to speak up for herself: 'I'm Jenny by name, and Jenny by nature...."
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