THE LIBERATION OF LORD BYRON JONES.
by Ford, Jesse Hill
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very near fine in dark brown cloth (small address label on front pastedown) in a very good dustjacket (price-clipped, some rubbi/dark brown cloth (small address label on front pastedown) in a very good
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About This Item
Boston:: Little Brown,, (1965). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in dark brown cloth (small address label on front pastedown) in a very good dustjacket (price-clipped, some rubbing to front cover). First printing. Southern author's controversial second novel, based on events in the town where he lived and one which reveals the racial tensions buried in a small town - "Undertaker L.B. Jones, the richest black man in his county of Tennessee, seeks out legal representation to divorce his wife, who is pregnant after having an affair with a white police officer. To prevent his affair from being dragged into a court of law, the police officer violently takes matters into his own hands." Basis for the film of the same name directed by William Wyler. 364 pp.
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- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86850
- Title
- THE LIBERATION OF LORD BYRON JONES.
- Author
- Ford, Jesse Hill
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Very near fine in dark brown cloth (small address label on front pastedown) in a very good dustjacket (price-clipped, some rubbi
- Jacket Condition
- dark brown cloth (small address label on front pastedown) in a very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little Brown,
- Place of Publication
- Boston:
- Date Published
- (1965)
- Keywords
- race and racism, tennessee setting, movie tie-in,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Southern Writers and the South;
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