TO THE BRIGHT AND SHINING SUN.
Huntington Beach: Cahill, 1992. Joe Servello. First Hardback Limited edition. Hardcover. One of 400 numbered and signed by James Lee Burke. #292. With illustrations by Joe Servello. This early novel from bestselling author James Lee Burke is a gritty coming-of-age story about a young Kentucky miner growing up in the Appalachian mountains who’s torn between his family life and the lure of the city. James Lee Burke, a writer who “can touch you in ways few writers can” (The Washington Post) brings his brilliant feel for time and place to this stunning story of Appalachia in the early 1960s. Here, Perry Woodson Hatfield James, a young man torn between family honor and the lure of seedy watering holes, must somehow survive the tempestuous journey from boyhood to manhood and escape the dark and atavistic heritage of the Cumberland Mountains. Bound in black quarter leather and white cloth covered boards, gilt spine lettering with matching cloth slipcase. 241 pages. A near fine copy in a very good slipcase, issued sans dust jacket as issued. Item #15177
Price: $125.00