Sunnyvale, CA; Workshop Associates, (1966.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel of two crazy Californians who wind up in the remote reaches of the Ozarks - the 'lost eden' of the title. INSCRIBED by author Ron Trout on the blank page following the copyright (the recto of the dedication page) - and this full page inscription tells some of the story behind the book: ".Remember those goddamn Depression days back in the thirties? This story is about my bastard brother and me in the Ozark Mountains in 1933 & 1934. By god, we had a ball until the hillbillies caught up with us." Illustrated with drawings by the authors (Allie Vern has since achieved recognition as an artist) and Conrad Diethelm. 216 pp.

Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Review Publications, 1998. SIGNED first edition - A collection of 12 insightful short stories by the author perhaps best known for her nonfiction work "Silent Voices" about black women in the civil rights movement. These stories are "compassionate, psychologically keen stories which chart moral awakening and self-discovery largely through interior monologue. They also show a fine sense of place and speech, from the jaded cosmopolitan chatter at an Amsterdam hotel to the cadence of the rural Southern backwoods." (NY Times) INSCRIBED on the title page and SIGNED "Jo." Introduction by Marilyn Chandler McEntyre. xiv, 159 pp. ISBN: 0-965549720.

New Milford, Connecticut: Toby Press, (2008). First edition - Novel set in the Ozarks, the story of a man wanting to get away from it all who goes to live in the mountains for 6 years, only to realize "that what he is actually trying to get away from is himself." 225 pp.

New Milford, Connecticut: Toby Press, (2009). First edition - Novel set in Harington's fictitious town of Stay More, hidden in the hills of the Ozarks - this one centers on Latha Bourne, who appears in many of the novels, but whose full story had never been told. Harington has received many awards over the years - but in 2006, he received the first Oxford American award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature. 502 pp.

Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - Inspired by Harington's own childhood in the Ozark Mountains, this is a prequel to the Stay More novels. During World War II, the children's lives are wrapped up in ongoing war games between the dominant allies and the despised Axis, but when soldiers preparing for an invasion of Japan occupy the hills, the real war reaches closer to home. 250 pp. ISBN: 1-887178074.

Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - Inspired by Harington's own childhood in the Ozark Mountains, this is a prequel to the Stay More novels. During World War II, the children's lives are wrapped up in ongoing war games between the dominant allies and the despised Axis, but when soldiers preparing for an invasion of Japan occupy the hills, the real war reaches closer to home. 250 pp. ISBN: 1-887178074.

New York: Henry Holt, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel by this award-winning author, which tells the story of the Boone Fawley family's trek in 1808 from St. Louis, Missouri to Point of Rocks, Arkansas, and finally into the untamed wilderness of the Ozarks, a book which is a tribute to the pioneer spirit of many who are now unknown, but who braved the dangers of the frontier. 401 pp. ISBN: 0-805022430.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. (1985) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Selections from the quarterly magazine 'Bittersweet 'published by the high school students in Lebanon, Missouri to discover and preserve the lore of the Ozarks of Missouri and Arkansas. Among the articles are several on the rivers and ferries of the area, on the caves found in the river banks and elsewhere, on the people, and herbs and much more. SIGNED on the title page by the editor Ellen Massey. Illustrated with photographs and maps. xv, 405 pp. ISBN: 0-806119276.

New York: Spiegel & Grau / Random House, (2014). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, a suspense story about two mysterious disappearances and murders a generation apart, set in the small town of Henbane, Missouri, deep in the Ozark Mountains. Winner of the 2015 Thriller Award for best first novel, finalist for the Barry. SIGNED on the title page. 297 pp.

New York: Spiegel & Grau / Random House, (2014). First edition - The author's first novel, a suspense story about two mysterious disappearances and murders a generation apart, set in the small town of Henbane, Missouri, deep in the Ozark Mountains. Winner of the 2015 Thriller Award for best first novel, finalist for the Barry. . 297 pp.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1981). Hardcover - Novel originally published in 1907, Wright's best-known and most beloved book, set in the Ozark hill country. 299 pp. ISBN: 0-448-010569.