Missoula, Montana: Dennis McMillian Publication, 1989. Cover art by Joe Servello. First Paperback Edition. [First published in March 1989].

This early novel from bestselling author James Lee Burke is a gritty coming-of-age story about a young Kentucky miner growing up in the Appalachian Mountains who’s torn between his family life and the lure of the city.

Illustrated wraps; The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Modest shelf handling wear. 8 inches tall; 241 pages. Near Fine Item #15479

James Lee Burke, a writer who “can touch you in ways few writers can” (The Washington Post) brings his brilliant feel for time and place to this stunning story of Appalachia in the early 1960s. Here, Perry Woodson Hatfield James, a young man torn between family honor and the lure of seedy watering holes, must somehow survive the tempestuous journey from boyhood to manhood and escape the dark and atavistic heritage of the Cumberland Mountains.

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