Jitter Run

New York: The Hampton Publishing Company (distributed by William Morrow & Co.). Very Good in Good dj. 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. [moderate shelfwear, slight deterioration of cloth at spine ends, faint bookseller's rubber-stamped name at bottom of front pastedown (Bertrand Smith's Book Store, Long Beach, Calif.); jacket a bit soiled, several small nicks and tiny chips along top edge]. (pen and ink drawings) The outrageous adventures of a stereotypical Southern plantation clan, "a dubious family of devious ways passionately devoted to a life of uselessness." The Los Angeles Times reviewer was unabashedly enthusiastic: "Written with a completely straight face and skillfully plotted, the novel is a remarkable tour de force that never lets the reader down, either in its humor or its absolutely impossible plausibility. Uproariously recommended!" This appears to have been the author's only published book; a New York City native, he was in the Army at the time of its publication. .