Racehoss Big Emma's Boy by Albert Race Sample ISBN 13: 9780890154427

Eakin Press, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Dust jacket in good condition. First edition, second printing. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. SLIGHTLY ROLLED SPINE. ASIDE FROM LIBRARY MARKINGS, FREE FROM WRITING IN SECURE BINDING. SOME WRINKLED AND LIGHTLY STAINED PAGES, NOT AFFECTING LEGIBILITY OF CONTENTS. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Eakin Press, 1984. First Edition. Hardback, Dustjacket. Like New, slight wear to cover.

Eakin Press, 1984. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in good condition. Second printing. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. CLEAN INTERIOR IN SOLID BINDING. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Austin, TX, U.S.A.: Eakin Press, 1984. First Edition/First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. A solid, just slightly used copy. There is a one inch tear and associated crease at top of front jacket panel.

Stated First edition, Third Printing. Light edge wear and light marks to dust jacket. Pages crisp and clean.

Austin, TX: Eakin Press, 1984. Very Good/Very Good. Austin, TX: Eakin Press, 1984. First Edition (stated). Octavo; publisher's leatherette in white pictorial dust jacket; viii,320pp.; illus. Some rubbing to both boards and jacket extremities; a hint of dust-soil; light, faint dampstain to back jacket panel -- barely visible to jacket interior only but with some rippling to back panel -- not affecting boards beneath; else Very Good and sound overall. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper: "To Rosemarie / Racehoss / Race Sample." Memoirs of Albert Race Sample, the son of a "red neck" and a Black prostitute, and the "first ex-convict in Texas to work out of the Governor's office" serving as a probation officer. The work inspired the 2001 documentary of the same title.

Austin, Texas: Eakin Press, 1984. viii, 320pp ---- Signed Race Sample on front free endpaper ----. Signed by Author. First Edition stated. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Eakin Pr, 1984. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Austin, TX: Eakin Press, 1984. viii, 318 pp., textured maroon boards w/ gold lettering; Book shows some light wear to edges & corners of boards w/ moderate wear to ends of spine; nick to top edge of rear board; small light orange stain to front endpaper; some light soil to edges of page block; front endpaper & title page are somewhat rumpled / "Hell for Albert Race Sample was the Retrieve, a branch of the Texas State prison system reserved for the most incorrigible prisoners. A cotton plantation where men slaved from dawn to dusk under the cruel leadership of "Boss Band," it cracked the spirits of the weak and hardened the souls of the strong." "For 'Racehoss,' as Sample was called, the Retrieve was a place to witness unbearable brutality -- which he recounts in awesome detail in the pages of this stunning book. It is the classic story of the son of a troubled mother, of a young man gone bad, and of his first tentative then tremendous steps toward reclaiming… Read More