Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1969 University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK. 1969. Hardcover. Stated First Printing of this edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine; DJ: Very Good +; price clipped; light rubbing and slight wear at high points of the panels. Blue marbled boards and spine with bright gilt lettering and rules within a black field on the spine. 322 pp 8vo. This novel is one of Rhodes' few attempts to write a love story. Set in territorial New Mexico in the late 1800s Rhodes writes with fidelity to time and place and incident of the Old West complete with his essayish jeremiad against literary realism. A story of cold-blooded murder, vilany, raw justice, and of good men and true. This is Volume 43 of The Western Frontier Library series. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

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Bookseller: Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 005312
Title: Stepsons of Light
Author: Eugene Manlove Rhodes
Illustrator: W.H.D.Koerner
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Place of Publication: Norman, OK
Date Published: 1969
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Keywords: Eugene Manlove Rhodes, New Mexico Territory, Outlaws, The Old West, cold-blooded murder, murder, gun fights, frontier justice,
Bookseller catalogs: Historical Fiction;

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Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.

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