Conrad Richter
The Awakening Land: I. The Trees; II. The Fields; III. The Town.
Alfred A. Knopf, 1966. First printing. ix/630 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately 6" x 8.75", is bound in green cloth, with stamped gilt lettering, with ornamental designs in gold and dark green. Book shows light shelfwear, with spotting to top edge, tinted dark red. Binding is firm. Very light scattered foxing appears on endpapers. Pages are clean and bright. Dust jacket, with price of $7.95 on front flap, displays shelfwear, with minor loss at top/bottom of faded spine panel. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover.
""The Town" is a third novel devoted to the fortunes of Sayward Wheeler, who as a small girl walked with her family from Pennsylvania into the vast and beautiful forest wilderness that was the Ohio territory. Her first appearance was in "The Trees," the second in "The Fields." As the names imply, the three books are not only concerned with Sayward and her family but the growth and the astonishingly rapid development of a whole area which has played a key role in the nation's history. In the three books we live through the changes. Each book has a locale and a period of its own."