FORTUNATE BEGINNINGS

James, Stanley [pseud. of Phil Stuart Ensor, 1931-2028]

Published by Privately published, No place listed, 2000

About this Item

SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THJE AUHTOR on the first page as follows: "Dennis-- | Heres to the | good times in | Prairie View | Stanley James." 4to. (28 cm.) iii, 1-80p. Illustrated with numerous black and white drawing and black and white captioned photos. Index. Laid in is a flyer from Elwood Township Carnegie Library, Ridgewood Farm, IL, soliciting donations of high school yearbooks for Ridge Farm. Cream-colored wrappers printed in black and with a vignette in black on the front cover of what appears to be the main street of a small town. Just touches of wear to extremities, small smudge on rear wrapper, corners square and flat, else near fine to fine with no internal markings. This is a novella set in a prairie farm town of the 1930s and 1940s, probably Ridge Farm, Illinois in Vermillion County, where Phil Stuart Ensor (1931-2018) grew up. This is apparently the only book the author wrote. Some chapter titles include the following: A Railroad Man, Grader v. Rx, Paling Around with Zack Gregory, Fishing the South Fork, Prairie View Township High School, The Church of Saved Souls, and The Church of Green Pastures.

Seller Inventory # 009427

Bibliographic Details

• Title: FORTUNATE BEGINNINGS
• Publisher: Privately published, No place listed
• Publication Date: 2000
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)