One Short Sleep Past A Profile of Amarillo in the Thirties by Nail, David - 1973

Canyon, Texas: Staked Plains Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 1,000 copies. A history of Amarillo, Texas during the Great Depression. Author is a native of Amarillo and history professor. This well documented book is drawn from remembrances of those who lived through the Depression in Amarillo as well as local newspaper accounts of unfolding events. It is less a political history than a history of the people of Amarillo and their experiences in the Great Depression in a city that was part of the Dust Bowl. No previous owner marks. Text and photographs clean and bright. Book includes an index. Dust jacket a bit faded at spine. LIght soiling to DJ. Dust jacket now protected in Mylar. Ships same or next business day well protected in a box. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 191 pages .