![[Item #25446] And So Dedicated: An American Novel. Thomas BURTON, pseud. of Stephen Longstreet.](https://lornebair.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/25446.jpg?auto=webp&v=1424470936)
And So Dedicated: An American Novel
New York: Harrison-Hilton Books, 1940. First Edition. Octavo (20.75cm); red cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt and black on spine and front cover; dark gray topstain; dustjacket; 416pp. Two unobtrusive scratches to topstain, else Near Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket, unclipped (priced $2.50), with light edgewear, a few short tears and small nicks.
Strike novel set in a small Midwestern town, where a young man marries the heiress of the town's ruling-class family, but discovers his heart belongs to a militant factory worker. "The strike begins in a packing plant and spreads to poor farmers and power plant workers. It is broken through a violent assault on the strikers by the National Guard." The protagonist decides to leave his wife for the factory worker, but the two lovers are shot by his wife. In an attractive example of the scarce Arthur Hawkins-designed dustjacket. BLAKE p.270, HANNA 2230.
Price: $75.00
