THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE by Wittliff, Bill - 2014

Near fine. 1st printing. Jacket in mylar.

Hardback. New. The last the boy Papa saw of his Momma, she was galloping away on her horse Precious in the saddle her father took from a dead Mexican officer after the Battle of San Jacinto, fleeing from his Daddy, Old Karl, a vicious, tight-fisted horse trader. Momma's flight sets Papa on a relentless quest to find her that thrusts him and his scrappy little dog Fritz into adventures all across the wild and woolly Hill Country of Central Texas, down to Mexico, and even into the realm of the ghostly "Shimmery People." In The Devil's Backbone, master storyteller Bill Wittliff takes readers on an exciting journey through a rough 1880s frontier as full of colorful characters and unexpected turns of events as the great American quest novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Wittliff grew up listening to stories and memories like these in his own family, and in this imaginative novel, they come to vivid life, creating an engrossing story of a Texas Huck Finn that brims with folk… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Univ of Texas Pr, 2014. Hardcover. New. 224 pages. 10.00x7.25x1.00 inches.

Austin TX: University of Texas Press, 2014. First Edition/First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Jack Unruh. Inscribed by Illustrator Unruh 'to Billy' and dated 2014. Unruh has also drawn a coyote along with his inscription.

Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 2014. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Unruh, Jack. 228pp.; HB brick w/gilt; fine condition w/clean,tight pgs. DJ maroon w/white spine-color pic.cover; fine. " ...takes readers on an exciting journey through a rough 1880s frontier ... an engrossing story of a Texas Huck Finn that brims with fok wisdom and sly humor." illus. isbn 9780292759954. signed by Wittliff

University of Texas Press, Austin. As New in As New dust jacket. 2014. First Edition. hardcover with dustjacket. 0292759959 . Signed by the author and illustrator on the half title page. No other names or markigs in the book. The author takes the reader on an exciting journey through a rough 1880s frontier as full of colorful characters and unexpected turns of events. ; 71/2 -101/2 tall; 224 pages; Signed by Author & Illustrator .