The Story of a Story & Three Stories

Berkeley, CA: Friends of the Bancroft Library / University of California. Very Good+. 1982. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. This is book number " 30 in the series of Keepsakes issued by the Friends of the Bancroft Library". This is a trade paperback sized booklet with heavy cardstock covers and a glued binding. The Booklet is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The booklet and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The edges of the cardstock covers have some beginning bumping and a couple of tiny nicks. The covers have several spots of ground-in dirt. The text pages are clean and bright. This booklet includes a facsimile of the manuscript of the story "Babes in the Woods". The text pages are clean and bright. Included are the short works: The Story of a Story, Horace Chooney, M. D. , A Man Like a Mule, and, Babes in ther Woods. "Mary Jessamyn West (July 18, 1902 – February 23, 1984) was an American author of short stories and novels, notably The Friendly Persuasion (1945). A Quaker from Indiana, she graduated from Fullerton Union High School in 1919 and Whittier College in 1923. There she helped found the Palmer Society in 1921." "West's first publication was in 1939, a short story called 99.6 about her experiences in the sanitarium. Her early success came from publishing short stories in literary journals. Her first book concerned Indiana Quakers, despite the fact that she grew up and lived during her adult life in California. Asked about this in an interview, she said, "I write about Indiana because knowing little about it, I can create it." " (from Wikipedia) .