Growing Up Western edited by Clarus Backes (1935-1989) (1990 1st Ed HC in DJ)

Growing Up Western edited by Clarus Backes (1935-1989) (1990 First Edition Hardcover in Dust Jacket) Introduction by Larry McMurtry. Photographs by Joe Backes. Seven well-known Western writers, all in their eighties when the book was published in 1990, describe their experiences growing up in the West in the early part of the twentieth century. Seven grand old writers of the West, most of them in their 80s, reminisce about their growing-up years. One common thread in the lives of Dee Brown, A. B. Guthrie, Jr., Wright Morris, Clyde Rice, David Lavender, Wallace Stegner and Frank Waters is that all were culturally deprived youngsters who lived on isolated ranches, in oil-boom towns, mining camps, prairie hamlets. Hardcover has light brown cloth boards with dark brown cloth spine., dark brown lettering on front cover & gold lettering on spine, in a fine (as new) unclipped dust jacket. Interior is tight, clean, and unmarked. Fine (as new) Book without any ownership markings. Copyright 1989. Editor and compiler Clarus Backes, died in October 1989 so publication was delayed until February 1990. Stated First Edition without print-line. Manufactured in U.S.A. ISBN: 0-394-57393-5. LCCN: 89-45274. MSR = US $22.95.