The Free Men by John Ehle SIGNED! [FIRST EDITION] 1965 • Harper & Row

The Free Men by John Ehle

FIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING [1965] HARPER & ROW

*Stated first edition with half-title page signed and inscribed kindly by author John Ehle.

Hardcover with dust jacket in excellent condition.   

Near mint book with light shelf wear.  Dust jacket now housed in a new archival quality jacket protector.   

Book itself is pristine. 

Looks and reads like new.

This moving narrative by John Ehle describes the experiences of a handful of dedicated young students, both black and white, during the 1963-64 civil rights protests in Chapel Hill, NC. The movement began through the efforts of three young  UNC-CHapel Hill students, John Dunne, a gifted Morehead Scholar, and Pat Cusick, the grandson of the founder of the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama, and one student from the all-black North Carolina College in Durham, Quinton Baker. First published in 1965 by Harper & Row, 'The Free Men' was controversial but won the Mayflower Award for Nonfiction.