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Van Peebles, Melvin. THE TRUE AMERICAN: A Folk Fable. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1976. Hardcover First Edition

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First US printing. Novel about two men who meet in a topsy-turvy verison of Hell- a chain-gang prisoner from Georgia and a fur trader scalped by Indians. A 'crazy-quilt satire woven from the foibles of American precepts, politics and racial attitudes.' by this noted African American film producer and playwright. Originally published in France in 1965 under the title 'Un Americain en Enfer.' 208 pp. Dust jacket design by Tim Lewis. Very good in very good- dust jacket (prev owner's name and address, chipping to dj at ends of spine and corner folds.) .ISBN # 0-385005989

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