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VIERTEL, PETER. THE CANYON.
New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1940. 8vo, (6), 288pp. Green cloth, dust jacket. Owner's stamp on endpaper, otherwise a fine copy in a nearly fine jacket. ¶ First Edition of a southern California classic. Lawrence Clark Powell wrote (Land of Fiction no. 28) 'The Canyon is the closest the region has come to producing a Tom Sawyer.' 'A sensitively drawn novel with vivid characterization, told from the point of view of a boy growing up in a community of mixed races. As the boy matures, he becomes aware of change, of good and evil, of social perspectives, and responsibility' (Baird & Greenwood 2490). Viertel's first book, set in Santa Monica Canyon.
Offered for US$ 400.00 by: Dailey Rare Books - Book number: 4950.