GO SOUTH TO SORROW

Rowan, Carl T. ; [SIGNED] ; [Rowland Evans]

Published by Random House, New York, 1957

Autograph; 246 pages; Signed by the author on half-title "Best Wishes, / Carl T. Rowan" On the ffep former owner's signature "Rowland Evans Jr from Katherine D. Winton Oct 1958" otherwise unmarked and secure in original red cloth binding in edgeworn dustjacket with small chip at head of spine and minor stain at bottom of spine (now in mylar cover). Toning to pp. 152-153 from laid-in news clipping of article on psychological study of integration. Rowan evaluates the progress of school integration since the decision in Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas case in 1954. PROVENANCE: Rowland Evans was a provocative newspaper columnist, commentator and author who antagonized liberal politicians and championed conservative causes. He left Yale and enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1942 during World War II and was discharged in 1944 because of malaria. In 1963, Mr. Evans and Mr. Novak began writing ''Inside Report,'' an insider's view of politics that was published four times a week until Mr. Evans retired in 1993. Mr. Evans and Robert Novak began their work as columnists in the early 1960's, a time when newspaper columnists wielded outsize influence in national politics. The pair pioneered in transferring that influence to the medium of cable television with the political discussion program ''Evans & Novak'' -- carried on CNN from that cable network's beginning. Rowland Evans and his wife Kay (Katherine Winton Evans), also a respected writer and editor, were mainstays on the Washington social scene, hosting many memorable gatherings in their handsome Georgetown house -- to which flocked influential and remarkable people drawn from journalism, politics and general society over the decades from the 1960s to the 2000s. Both Evans and Novak became more predictably conservative over the years, particularly during the Reagan years. Reportedly, both columnists voted for JFK in 1960 and for Lyndon Johnson in 1964. Evans earned a place on Richard Nixon's infamous "Enemies List." Novak reported that Evans had JFK as a guest for the first dinner party the latter attended as President Elect. Kay and Rowland Evans has a particularly close friendship with Robert F. Kennedy, his wife Ethel and their family.; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 43555

Bibliographic Details

Title: GO SOUTH TO SORROW
Publisher: Random House, New York
Publication Date: 1957
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good-
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: First Edition; First Printing.