CAN'T GET A RED BIRD. by Scarborough, Dorothy (1878-1935)

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CAN'T GET A RED BIRD.

Edition: First printing.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1929. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second of what is sometimes referred to as her Texas trilogy - three novels focused on the crushing difficulty of the life of tenant cotton farmers in Texas and the plight of the farmer in general by this Texas-born folklorist and novelist. A significant association copy INSCRIBED by the author on the title page 'For Mr. Alexander Legge, with appreciation of his services to the American farmer" and dated July 29, New York City. Legge was President of International Harvester from 1922 until his death in 1933, chairman of the Federal Farm Board under President Hoover, and one of the founders and principal contributors to the Farm Foundation in 1933.

Condition: Very good in black cloth with red lettering. Relatively minor edgewear to the boards, a little fading on the spine, line on back cover, but overall a tight and straight copy.

Book ID: 92517
Keywords: agriculture, alexander legge, association copy, cotton farmers, farmers, international harvester, Southern Writers and the South, tenant farmers, texas
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