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Here for your delectation is the SPECTACULAR AND RARE—————–FIVE SMOOTH STONES by Ann Fairbairn…………………At all times a readable book which traces the worlds of difference and discrimination from “”nigra”” to “”white man’s nigger”” to the point where the Negro can be an individual without a tag. David Champlin is the hero to whom the Biblical title allusion refers: his grandfather, L’il Joe, first seen cleaning out a lavatory in New Orleans during the depression, is determined that there “”ain’t no black skin gonna hold”” his boy back, and with the help of a Danish intellectual, David goes on to get his education–at a small college in the midwest, then Harvard Law. At the first he meets a good many of the people whose lives will be contiguous with his throughout the book: Sara, a white girl, who falls in love with him; Hunter Travis, a light-skinned Negro whose father is a prominent statesman; Suds Sutherland, son of a Boston doctor; etc. At college, there is an attempt to Jim Crow him out via a homosexual slur. And by the time he is graduated, there is the recognition of his unchangeable love for Sara even though he feels “”it is not enough.”” Travelin’ from Boston to England to Paris to plans to accept a diplomatic post in South Africa, David returns to the South after the death of L’il Joe. This takes him right into the middle of Civil Rights action. After he is badly injured, he finally marries Sara. This is the hardcover only stated CROWN FIRST EDITION FROM 1966. The book (no dj) is in excellent reading condition. There are no rips, tears, markings, etc.—and the pages and binding are tight (see photo). **Note: All books listed as FIRST EDITIONS are stated by the publisher in words or number lines–or–only stated editions that include only the publisher and publication date. Check my feedback to see that I sell exactly as I describe. So bid now for this magnificent, impossible-to-find LITERARY COLLECTIBLE.
