![]() ![]() This novel is dedicated as follows: "To My Mother in Memory of Our Happy Oklahoma Days.". It is a shortened version of Oklahoma, the girl's original name, which refers to the area where she was born. ![]() Lahoma is the name of the girl in his novel who is befriended and cared for by one Brick Willock in what appears to be Texas. Born near Hannibal, MO, John Breckenridge Ellis was a prolific American writer, the author of many novels and an autobiography. Some wear to exttremities with a couple of corners just barely rubed through, top and bottomof spine just barely beginning to fray, spine gilt slightly dulled, cover gilt bright, covers lightly soiled, previoius owner's bookplate on front pastedown, gift inscription on front free endpaper, all illustrations in fine condition, tissue guard intact, else very good to near fine with no internal markings. Blue cloth with title on front cover within a gilt cartouche and the same on the spine. King plus four other black and white full-page drawings by W.B. Frontispiece black and white drawing with tissue guard by W.B. ![]()
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