The Big Sky

GUTHRIE, JR., A.B

Publication: William Sloane Associates, 1947, New York

First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 386pp. Author's second book. One of 500 numbered copies with an extra leaf signed by Guthrie tipped-in. This copy includes the special plain grey advance dust jacket which bears the limitation number at the top of the front panel. This is copy number 424. A Jeff Dykes Western High Spot and a 1948 Pulitzer Prize nominee. The 1952 film adaptation directed by Howard Hawks received two Academy Award nominations. First in Guthrie's series about the American frontier. Follows Boone Caudill as he leaves Kentucky to become a mountain man in the 1830s West. He, along with Jim Deakins, a good-natured wanderer, and the seasoned mountain man Dick Summers, travel up the Missouri River on a keelboat expedition, encountering Native American tribes, fur traders, rival trappers, and the stark dangers of frontier life. The book is known for its realistic portrayal of the era, focusing on the lives of fur trappers and explorers, and is considered a classic of the Western genre. A. B. Guthrie gives us an unforgettable portrait of a spacious land and a unique way of life. Fine bright copy in a bright dust jacket that is toned on the spine and with light wear to the spine ends and corners. Housed and protected in the original custom slipcase.