A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
- New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956. First edition. Fine in very good dust jacket.. First printing of this sometimes humorous but always grim Depression-era tale of the doomed Dove Linkhorn, a Texas drifter who lands in New Orleans. Ostensibly about "the natural toughness of women and men, in that order" (jacket), A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE focuses more on how the lives of women relate to Dove Linkhorn. Nelson Algren's final commercial success. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original blue boards with yellow spine. Original unclipped ($4.50) pictorial dust jacket. 346 pages. Jacket with some foxing, light rubbing; 1" closed tear to rear hinge. Book clean and firm.