JIP - HIS STORY by Paterson, Katherine - 1996

New York: Lodestar Books - Dutton, 1996. 181 pp. Personalized inscription from Katherine Paterson to author, Jean Little. Quarter-bound in light brown on dark brown boards; lettered in dark brown on the spine. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; aside from the author's writing, no interior markings. Wraparound dj art by Bill Dodge. When an aged lunatic named Putnam arrives at a poorhouse farm in rural Vermont in 1855, he is treated as little more than a beast by everyone except the orphan Jip, who himself arrived at the charity orphanage/asylum after being found abandoned by the roadside. Jip and Putnam become friends, then allies of a sort, as Jip struggles to improve his own lot and that of his friend Lucy, the unfortunate daughter of the late town drunk. At the same time, the young protagonist is involved in the great 19th century struggle between slave owners and abolitionists while sending him into a test of his own loyalty and courage. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Illus. by Bill Dodge;. 8vo. Association Copy.