New York: Modern Library, (1938).
Price: $85.00
Hardcover. First Modern Library edition. With an introduction by the author. 16mo. Sunning on boards and spine, a bit of fraying at the crown, about near fine in a very good dust jacket with chips and tears, and a lightly toned spine. First book, a novel about life on the Erie Canal, by the author of *Drums Along the Mohawk*. This novel was the basis for Henry Fonda’s first film, *The Farmer Takes a Wife*, directed by Victor Fleming and also featuring Janet Gaynor. Fonda had played the lead on Broadway but was only offered the film role after both Gary Cooper and Joel McCrea passed on it because of other commitments. It was later remade by Henry Levin into a musical with Betty Grable, Dale Robertson, and Thelma Ritter. Modern Library 191.
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Walter D. Edmonds
birth name: Walter Dumaux Edmonds
born: 7/15/1903
died: 1/24/1998