A Rage to Live. by O'Hara, John - 1949.

New York:: Random House, 1949.. 6th Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: black cloth; the top edge tint is red; a somewhat shabby looking but perfectly sound book; the spine is slanted; graded Fair, with a Very Good dust jacket; the jacket is price clipped.. 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall) . Description: Panoramic dust jacket art by John O'Hara Cosgrave II. The publisher's blurb reads: ''A large-scale social chronicle of America, localized in Central Pennsylvania. A heterogeneous community comes alive in a typical American city. Fort Penn is a city with a dynamic history, both public and personal. The Caldwells are its leading family and Grace Caldwell Tate is the dramatic symbol of their dominance. Idealists and libertines, public spirited and self-seeking citizens, officials and tradesmen and crusaders, men of violence and good-will, and women of fierce possessiveness and tenderness form the pageant of characters who vitalize this novel. It is a full-canvas portrait of a city and its people.'' This book was the basis for the 1965 film with Suzanne Pleshette, Bradford Dillman and Ben Gazara.