The Searchers

ALAN LEMAY

Publication: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1954, New York

First edition. 8vo. One of 800 copies of the first edition "specially autographed for presentation to friends of the author and the publisher in the book trade" on a tipped in sheet. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some minor restoration at the edges and a bit of the usual fading to the spine panel. "From the moment they left their homestead unguarded on that scorching Texas day, Martin Pauley and Amos Edwards became searchers. First they had to return to the decimated ranch, bury the bodies of their family, and confront the evil cunning of the Comanche who had slaughtered them. Then they set out in pursuit of missing Debbie Edwards. In the years that follow, Amos and Martin survive storms of nature and of men, seeking more than a missing girl, and more than revenge. Both are driven by secrets, guilt, love, and rage." Selected by The Western Writers of America as one of the all-time best novels. Basis for the famous movie of the same name directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne, Natalie Wood and Vera Miles.

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