Hongry Catch the Foolish Boy.
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1973/1946, 1st thus illustrated;. Picture Book Hardback, ex-lib.
A fresh, African story of the prodigal son, which gives deeper meaning to the tale: "The old man come close./He put him hand on him boy's head. He cry small and he say/'For true,/ You be my pican what make my heart lay down./You be my first-born son./All thing belong me, belong you same way./But see you brother,/He was dead and now he live./He ain't got nothin/And he hongry.' " Beautifully and newly illustrated from Graham's How God Fix Jonah (1946).
CONDITION: Very Good in Very Good jacket; ex-lib, some marks, slight lean, clean; in nice clipped white jacket. Item #19984
$12