St. Petersburg, Fla. The Sixth House Press, 1983.
Price: $750.00
Softcover. First edition. Trade paperback original. Octavo. 194, [1]pp. Illustrated from photographs. Illustrated wrappers. Modest toning on the wrappers, sound and very good or better. Inscribed by the author: "To Peg & Dennis Fowler: We did it! Sunshine & soft breezes, always! Jim McGowen". History of rhythm and blues in the 1950s and 60s by an African-American doo-wop singer and songwriter (with The Four Fellows), who was paralyzed from the chest down, and who among many other accomplishments ( author of a book on the Underground Railroad, a biography of Harriet Tubman, photographer for the first book on wheelchair sports, etc), pioneered many projects and programs for the disabled. Laid in is an envelope with a letter from McGowan's sister sending along the news of his death, along with an obituary, program, and mass card for his funereal. Very scarce self-published volume. *OCLC* locates less than ten copies of this first edition.
Item #556703
