New York: Arbor House, (1986) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fitfh novel, sixth book, by this award-winning writer. A "coming-of-age story about Jack, a shiftless young man in a very odd family," set in the small town of Far Cry in the 1950s. SIGNED on the title page. 315 pp . ISBN: 0-877958157.

Topeka, Kansas: By the author, 1963. First edition - A collection of folksy poems which give an interesting glimpse into the life and times of the author - as he comments in the title poem "I've caused some people to complain/ by putting stories into rhyme...." The titles of a few of the poems will give an idea of the wide-ranging topics: Farmer Johnson Goes on Strike; Her Aviator Dad; Dr Wirt R. Bernard; Grandfather's Whiskers; On the Golf Course; Meridian vs Nortonville, and many more. Frontispiece portrait. SIGNED by the author on the verso of the title page. Uncommon, 110 pp plus 2 pp index.