Berkeley, CA: Shameless Hussy Press, 1981. SIGNED first edition - Includes two long poems, the first inspired the letters included in this book, and the other written as his father was dying of cancer, both dealing with the struggle between a son, living as a poet in the San Francisco Bay area, and his father, the child of Jewish immigrants who grew up in Arkansas, and become a publicist, performer and playwright (including traveling with Sinclair Lewis as he was researching small towns for "Elmer Gantry") and who was recognized by Yale University for his 50 years of work in the theater. The poems are preceded by a preface from the author, and in the middle are letters from his father, and a small section of photographs. SIGNED on the first page. 72 pp. ISBN: 0-915288443.

Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith Books, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - A book in which Cheuse attempts to come to terms with his "old world" father, a Bolshevik aviator who had defected, an intertwining of his father's story, of Cheuse's own youth in New Jersey, and the account of the trip Cheuse took to Russia. "As an aspiring young writer, Cheuse was entreated by his father, Philip, to read his manuscript of his adventures as an airplane pilot for the Red Army Air Force. . . Nearly 20 years later, four years after his father's death, Cheuse, now an established writer, does read the manuscript, is entranced by this brave young pilot he'd only barely known, and decides to travel to Russia with his own son, Josh, to visit the scenes of his father's childhood and youth." (Library Journal) Photographs. 308 pp. ISBN: 0-879052732.