The Hunters (Signed Revised Edition) by Salter, James - 1997

Washignton, DC: Counterpoint, 1997. First Revised Edition. INSCRIBED by the Salter on the half title page: "Revised and refreshed, like and old fellow coming out of the barbershop. Yrs affectionately, Jim / 7/9/97." Salter's revised edition for his debut novel, concerning fighter pilots in the Korean War. Basis for the overlooked 1958 film produced and directed by Dick Powell and starring Robert Mitchum, Robert Wagner, and Richard Egan. From the collection of author Chris Offutt. Offutt is the author of "Kentucky Straight" and other short story collections, novels, nonfiction, and memoirs, and, in 1996, was named one of the twenty Best Young American Novelists by "Granta" magazine. He has also written for popular television shows and national publications, has been visiting faculty at numerous institutions including the Iowa Writer's Workshop, and has received awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and others. Fine in a Fine dust jacket.