Deacon by Crain Ada (6 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelving wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows light edge wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. small 8vo, hard cover, black & white illustrations, map, 178pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dj Has Very Light Edgewear, But The Coloring On The Spine & Along Top Edges Is A Bit Faded. Light Wear.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1994, signed; brown cloth covered boards with black spine titles; illustrated paper jacket; wear and discoloration around edges; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; author signature on ffep; interior is clean and unmarked; 178 pages. Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Inscribed by author (Ada E. Crain) on title page (see photo 3). Writing on front flyleaf (see photo 2). Otherwise inside is clean and unmarked. Tilt to spine. Some yellowing to dust jacket. Dust jacket is now protected in a plastic cover. See photos. Inscribed by Author(s).…

brown full cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. vg cond. binding square & tight. fading along foredge of front cover. spine & rear cover clean. edges clean. contents free of markings (except for author's signature). dustwrapper in vg cond. wrinkling & scratches on front cover. not price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (nap ). SIGNED with a dated inscription (not personalized) (Best Wishes, 1~29~1996, Ada E. Crain) at top of title page. b&w photo frontis. portrait. 178p. b&w photo illustrations. memoirs. autobiography. american history. history of oklahoma. history of indiana. ~ The Deacon takes the reader on journey by wagon train from Angola, Indiana to Coltry, Oklahoma in 1878 and includes the diary of Ernest B. Crain. The author vividly describes the trials and tribulations of growing up in the Cherokee Strip of Indian Territory during the early years of the Twentieth Century. In The Deacon, Ada E. Crain also writes about: The rush for fertile land on the day the U.S. Government opened the Cherokee Strip to home~steaders. Family life and obtaining a college education in Missouri during the 1920's. Teaching school in the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and the move to Michigan in 1930. And More. Much More. Discover America's past as you travel along with Ada E. Crain. …