She Came to the Valley: A Novel of the Lower Rio Grande Valley Mission, Texas

Austin: Jenkins Publishing Company / San Felipe Press, 1972. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8x5x1. Signed by author. Lacks jacket. Front endpapers inscribed and signed by author, director, and cast members of the film: Cleo Dawson; Mary Alice Artes; Kathe Cunha; Frank Ray Perilli; Dean Stockwell; John Hayes; Scott Glenn; Les Brecht; Albert Band; and Robby Romero. The recipient is someone named Angie, likely an uncredited member of the crew or a production assistant (she is not mentioned on the official film crew list). Laid in are a facsimile of a letter by Dawson stapled to a three-page cast list with addresses and phone numbers, and a photocopy of a letter from West Virginia State College to Dawson referencing payment for a lecture appearance. Light stain to base of first and last few pages, boards faintly soiled. 1972 Hard Cover. 388 pp. 8vo. 1972 historical special edition of the 1943 classic which inspired the film of the same name. A western novel focusing on a pioneer woman and political intrigue during the Spanish-American War. The film version, despite having a cast featuring several well-known actors, was widely considered to be a poor adaptation. 'Family movies to a border town near Rio Grande and opens up a store. Unfortunately, Pancho Villa and his man storm the town and rob the place. The wife is left to fend for herself, so she gets in touch with the man who works for Villa.' - IMDB