The Able McLaughlins

New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1923. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. The Able McLaughlins" by Margaret Wilson. A first edition copy of the 1924 Pulitzer Prize winner for novels. Published by Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York and London, 1923. Measures 5.25'' x 7.15'', 263 pages. The book has been recased. The book is in very good minus condition. Some staining and foxing on the fore edges. Slightly bumped corners and some shelf wear on the spine. The text block is largely clean and is complete. The binding is sound. Wikipedia describes the plot of the novel: "Wully McLaughlin, doughty but inarticulate young hero, returns form Grant's army to find that his sweetheart, Christie McNair, has fallen a victim, against her will, to the scapegrace of the community, Peter Keith. She has concealed her plight from every one [sic], but cannot conceal it from him. Wully grasps the situation with masterful promptness. He makes Peter leave under threat of death, marries Christie, and accepts the paternity of her child and the blame for its disgracefully early birth. Peter steals back to see the woman he violated, at a time when the anger of Wully and Christie against him has not lost a degree of its incandescence. Wully hunts him with a shotgun, but he has disappeared. Then, a few weeks later, Wully suddenly finds him-and revenge and forgiveness are reconciled in Miss Wilson's last pages with surprising convincingness." Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(PUL-27).