JB13796 Alfred A. Knopf New York, NY, U.S.A. 1968 First Edition Dust Jacket Good Hard Cover Good Green embossed cloth on boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Volume has rusty glue & paper residue rear ep., some faded light stains on front and rear covers. Jacket has a tiny tear at the top edge of the front panel. Now in clear cover. "An infinitely attractive human being - a great lady, American-style - comes alive in Conrad Richter's wonderful new novel. She is Miss Alexandria Morley and in her eighties - a doughty warrior against creeping modernity and mediocrity. It is a pleasure to see her do battle. She takes on and outclasses the mighty coal company (she's caught them cheating on taxes); civilizes her roughhewn young doctor (good character is no license for crudity); she learned from her Southern belle mother, to love the graces of life - and, from the mining potentate who was her father , to give no quarter to foolish circumstances. Even on her deathbed, Miss Alexandria, who has warned the officious clergyman that she won't have anyone praying aloud over her, wins a gallant victory. She is the last of her kind." $9.00USD
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