Front cover of the book 'Indian Country' by Dorothy M. Johnson, published by Ballantine Books.
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A book cover or title page for 'Country' by Dorothy M. Johnson, with a foreword by Jack Schaefer.
A scanned book page with black serif text on a white page, headed 'H 29 $2.00' and titled 'This is an original publication - a reprint'.
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Front cover of the book 'Indian Country' by Dorothy M. Johnson, published by Ballantine Books.A close-up of the interior cover of a vintage Ballantine Books book, showing printed text on a warm off-white paper background.A book cover or title page for 'Country' by Dorothy M. Johnson, with a foreword by Jack Schaefer.A scanned book page with black serif text on a white page, headed 'H 29 $2.00' and titled 'This is an original publication - a reprint'.The back cover of a book featuring a mustard yellow background, a white feather illustration on the left, and a beige vertical band containing black text.

Indian Country Dorothy M Johnson 1953 First Edition Hardcover Western Stories

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Description

  • Author: Dorothy M. Johnson
  • Title: Indian Country
  • Foreword: Jack Schaefer
  • Publisher: Ballantine Books, New York
  • Year: 1953
  • Edition: First edition, hardcover issue
  • Format: Hardcover with original $2.00 dust jacket, protected in Brodart
  • Pages: 197

Description

Dorothy M. Johnson’s Indian Country brings together eleven Western stories, including “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” and “A Man Called Horse,” both later adapted into major motion pictures. These stories place the book at an important intersection of Western literature and film.

Johnson examines courage, captivity, loyalty, and survival through characters whose choices complicate familiar frontier legends. In “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,” the reputation of a celebrated public figure rests on a concealed truth. “A Man Called Horse” follows a captive whose survival requires him to understand an unfamiliar society and his place within it.

A Montana writer, Johnson became one of the notable women working in Western fiction. This collection includes a foreword by Jack Schaefer, author of Shane.

This is Ballantine’s original 1953 hardcover issue. The jacket flap explicitly identifies it as an original publication, issued simultaneously with a paperback edition. It retains the distinctive yellow jacket with feather and tipi artwork.Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket, with a small chip at the head of the spine. Jacket protected in Brodart.”