THE YAZOO RIVER. Rivers of America Series.

Published by New York, Toronto: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1954.

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First edition (per presence of the Rinehart colophon upon the copyright page) INSCRIBED, DATED, AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. xvi, 362 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14cm. Dust jacket toned; chipping at tears at spine and flap fold ends; soiling and some staining to white rear panel; slender band of foxing at top of rear flap; front flap is not price-clipped; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Blue-green cloth; light mottling to rear board. Endpapers toned; author's five-line ink inscription "For E.V. and Eleanor Catoe | with deep appreciation | for good friends. | Frank E. Smith | Sept. 28, 1954" on front free endpaper; interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. A very good+ copy in a very good- dust jacket. Uncommon book in the perennially popular Rivers of America Series. With Introduction, b/w map, b/w illustrations, Acknowledgements and Bibliography, and concluding Index. A native of Leflore County, Mississippi, author Frank Smith (1918-1997) was elected to six terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1951 to 1962 and was thereafter appointed by President John F. Kennedy to the Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors on which he served until 1972. Smith authored/co-authored a total of nine books and, with his son Fred, founded Mississippi's finest rare and used bookshop Choctaw Books in Jackson which unfortunately closed in 2015. The book's inscribees are Eleanor Linwood Bobo Catoe (1912-1993) and Earl VanDorn Catoe, Jr. (1908-1988) who was a attorney, jurist, and served as mayor of the small Tallahatchie County town of Webb, Mississippi. {MS-Shelf#5}.…

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Title
THE YAZOO RIVER. Rivers of America Series.
Author
Smith, Frank E., 1918-1997. Carl Carmer (editor). Janet E. Turner (illustrator).
Publisher
New York, Toronto: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1954.
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David Hallinan, Bookseller

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DAVID HALLINAN, BOOKSELLER - specializing in out-of-print, uncommon, and scarce books in all subjects. Mailing address is PO BOX 463, COLUMBUS, MS 39703. Inventory available for inspection at a local antique mall generally from 10am-5pm Tuesday thru Saturday.

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