2000, ISBN: 9780684856810

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New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1953. CF3 - A first edition (stated) hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by author to previous owner on the front free endpaper in fair condition that h… Mehr…

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1953. CF3 - A first edition (stated) hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by author to previous owner on the front free endpaper in fair condition that has bumped corners, scattered stains and some scattered soiled patches, last index page missing and loose hinge, some scattered wrinkling and crease, tanning, and shelf wear with no dust jacket. 8.25"x5.75", 376 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. William Penn Adair Rogers was an American stage and film actor, vaudeville performer, cowboy, humorist, newspaper columnist, and social commentator from Oklahoma. He was a Cherokee citizen born in the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory. Known as "Oklahoma's Favorite Son",Rogers was born to a Cherokee family in Indian Territory (now part of Oklahoma). As an entertainer and humorist, he traveled around the world three times, made 71 films (50 silent films and 21 "talkies"), and wrote more than 4,000 nationally syndicated newspaper columns. By the mid-1930s Rogers was hugely popular in the United States, its leading political wit and the highest paid of Hollywood film stars. He died in 1935 with aviator Wiley Post when their small airplane crashed in northern Alaska. Rogers's vaudeville rope act led to success in the Ziegfeld Follies, which in turn led to the first of his many movie contracts. His 1920s syndicated newspaper column and his radio appearances increased his visibility and popularity. Rogers crusaded for aviation expansion and provided Americans with first-hand accounts of his world travels. His earthy anecdotes and folksy style allowed him to poke fun at gangsters, prohibition, politicians, government programs, and a host of other controversial topics in a way that found general acclaim from a national audience with no one offended. His aphorisms, couched in humorous terms, were widely quoted: "I am not a member of an organized political party. I am a Democrat." Rogers even provided an epigram on his most famous epigram: When I die, my epitaph, or whatever you call those signs on gravestones, is going to read: "I joked about every prominent man of my time, but I never met a man I dident [sic] like." I am so proud of that, I can hardly wait to die so it can be carved. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1953, 2, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000. CG2 - A first edition (complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED by Steven Saylor and inscribed to Otto (Otto Penzler) on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has some wrinkling on edges, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, wrinkling on the spine edges, light discoloration and shelf wear. A Novel of O. Henry. IN AN ARTFUL BLENDING OF HISTORY, literature, and vivid imagination, author Steven Saylor has crafted a novel that, much as Caleb Carr's bestselling The Alienist, combines real characters and true crime story into a story that is an engrossing work of fiction. Although not marked in any way, this copy comes from the personal collection of Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, an award-winning icon in the genre. 9.5"x6.5", 462 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. The city of Austin, Texas, "is fearfully dull," wrote young Will Porter to a friend in the spring of 1885, "except for the frequent raids of the Servant Girl Annihilators, who make things lively in the dead of night." Years later, Will Porter would become famous as O. Henry, the toast of New York and the most celebrated writer in America. The long-ago Texas killings, which he dubbed the work of the Servant Girl Annihilators - perhaps the first recorded serial murders in America - would remain unsolved. But the appearance of a merciless blackmailer and a mysterious stranger would draw Porter back into the past, and back to Texas, to confront the stunning solution to those murders - and the secrets of his own soul. When he was a young man in Austin in that spring of 1885, Porter fell in love. Her name was Eula Phillips. She was beautiful. She was married to someone else. And she was doomed to be a victim of the Servant Girl Annihilators. The first victims were young Black women who worked in the households of Austin's most prominent citizens. The crimes were unspeakable. The authorities were baffled. The murders continued, month after month, until suddenly, shockingly, the pattern changed. On a bloody Christmas Eve, two women - neither of them Black and neither of them servants - were horribly murdered, seemingly by the same vicious stalker. One of them was Eula Phillips. Her death was to be a defining event in the life of the young man who would one day become O. Henry. The trial that resulted - uncovering one explosive scandal after another - would tear the city of Austin apart. The capital of Texas was a city in uneasy transition. Only a few years earlier, outlaw gangs and Comanche Indians had roamed the hills where now stood the homes of cattle barons and university professors. The animosities of the Civil War still lingered, and the struggle of Blacks for equality was just beginning. By day, politicians in the state legislature debated equal rights for women; by night, those same politicians mingled with the high-class prostitutes of Guy Town, the city's notorious vice district. Southern traditions of manners and decorum concealed ugly secrets, all of which would be revealed before the saga of the Servant Girl Annihilators reached its end. Against this remarkably rich background, Steven Saylor, author of the acclaimed Roma Sub Rosa series, has crafted a novel that melds fact with fiction, employing characters both real and imagined. The crimes and trials described in A Twist at the End actually happened. In real life, no satisfactory resolution was reached. But in the course of investigating the crimes, Saylor has come up with his own startling conclusion to a riveting, century-old mystery. The result is a masterful novel of intrigue and murder, yet at the same time a romance of time and place, with a colorful cast of memorable characters brough vividly to life. It's a true tale of Texas, grand in both setting and scope.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Simon & Schuster, 2000, 3<

2000, ISBN: 9780684856810

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000. CG2 - A first edition (complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED by Steven Saylor and inscribed to Otto (Otto Penzler) on the title page in very goo… Mehr…

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000. CG2 - A first edition (complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED by Steven Saylor and inscribed to Otto (Otto Penzler) on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has some wrinkling on edges, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, wrinkling on the spine edges, light discoloration and shelf wear. A Novel of O. Henry. IN AN ARTFUL BLENDING OF HISTORY, literature, and vivid imagination, author Steven Saylor has crafted a novel that, much as Caleb Carr's bestselling The Alienist, combines real characters and true crime story into a story that is an engrossing work of fiction. Although not marked in any way, this copy comes from the personal collection of Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, an award-winning icon in the genre. 9.5"x6.5", 462 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. The city of Austin, Texas, "is fearfully dull," wrote young Will Porter to a friend in the spring of 1885, "except for the frequent raids of the Servant Girl Annihilators, who make things lively in the dead of night." Years later, Will Porter would become famous as O. Henry, the toast of New York and the most celebrated writer in America. The long-ago Texas killings, which he dubbed the work of the Servant Girl Annihilators - perhaps the first recorded serial murders in America - would remain unsolved. But the appearance of a merciless blackmailer and a mysterious stranger would draw Porter back into the past, and back to Texas, to confront the stunning solution to those murders - and the secrets of his own soul. When he was a young man in Austin in that spring of 1885, Porter fell in love. Her name was Eula Phillips. She was beautiful. She was married to someone else. And she was doomed to be a victim of the Servant Girl Annihilators. The first victims were young Black women who worked in the households of Austin's most prominent citizens. The crimes were unspeakable. The authorities were baffled. The murders continued, month after month, until suddenly, shockingly, the pattern changed. On a bloody Christmas Eve, two women - neither of them Black and neither of them servants - were horribly murdered, seemingly by the same vicious stalker. One of them was Eula Phillips. Her death was to be a defining event in the life of the young man who would one day become O. Henry. The trial that resulted - uncovering one explosive scandal after another - would tear the city of Austin apart. The capital of Texas was a city in uneasy transition. Only a few years earlier, outlaw gangs and Comanche Indians had roamed the hills where now stood the homes of cattle barons and university professors. The animosities of the Civil War still lingered, and the struggle of Blacks for equality was just beginning. By day, politicians in the state legislature debated equal rights for women; by night, those same politicians mingled with the high-class prostitutes of Guy Town, the city's notorious vice district. Southern traditions of manners and decorum concealed ugly secrets, all of which would be revealed before the saga of the Servant Girl Annihilators reached its end. Against this remarkably rich background, Steven Saylor, author of the acclaimed Roma Sub Rosa series, has crafted a novel that melds fact with fiction, employing characters both real and imagined. The crimes and trials described in A Twist at the End actually happened. In real life, no satisfactory resolution was reached. But in the course of investigating the crimes, Saylor has come up with his own startling conclusion to a riveting, century-old mystery. The result is a masterful novel of intrigue and murder, yet at the same time a romance of time and place, with a colorful cast of memorable characters brough vividly to life. It's a true tale of Texas, grand in both setting and scope.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Simon & Schuster, 2000, 3<

ISBN: 9780684856810

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Simon & Schuster. Used - Good. . Former Library book.. All orders guaranteed and ship within 24 hours. Your purchase supports More Than Words, a nonprofit job training program for youth, empowering youth to take charge of their lives by taking charge of a business., Simon & Schuster, 2.5<