CUNNINGHAM, William. The Green Corn Rebellion. Vanguard Press, 1935.

Price: US$789.50 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: First Edition. First edition, First printing, 1935. Original Jacket in Fair condition with tears. Unclipped price jacket. Minor discoloration on top of spine. No markings on text. More photos available upon request. "These days, rural Oklahoma is the last place anybody would look for leftist revolutionaries, but in 1917 the area exploded into full-blown insurrection. The state's tenant farmers, many of whom were Socialist Party members, viewed the Great War in Europe as a conflict that benefited only the rich. When the federal government enacted a draft, an uprising in eastern Oklahoma saw local townspeople skirmishing with rebellious farmers, including whites, blacks, and American Indians. More than 250 men were arrested â€" some sentenced for up to ten years' imprisonment. This is the backdrop of William Cunningham's powerful novel The Green Corn Rebellion. First published in 1935, it tells the story of Jim Tetley, who wants simply to be a good farmer â€" if the banks will only let him." Historic Oklahoma Bookstore on Route 66. Packages shipped daily, Mon-Fri.

Seller: Archives Books inc., Edmond, OK, U.S.A.

Cunningham, William. THE GREEN CORN REBELLION. The Vanguard Press, New York, 1935.

Price: US$1000.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Extremely RARE important novel of World War One, and the early American Agricultural Labor Movement, by the head of the Communist Party in Oklahoma. Cunnigham was a major influence as a writer on his friend Jim Thompson. An excellent, unmarked copy in olive green boards, covered by a flawless facsimile jacket. Impossible to find, especially in this condition.

Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.

Cunningham, William. The Green Corn Rebellion. Vanguard Press, NY, 1935.

Price: US$2000.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition. Very good hardback in a rubbed and lightly chipped jacket that has a half inch deep spot of loss at the head of the spine and minor loss to the folds [old internal tape repair to front] with the rear flap cleanly separated from the panel Nice copy of this uncommon Rideout novel. Anti war novel based on the unsuccessful 1917 uprising of Oklahoma farmers against the draft and America's participation in the war.

Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller ABAA, Decatur, GA, U.S.A.

Cunningham, William. The Green Corn Rebellion. The Vanguard Press, New York, 1935.

Price: US$3500.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First Edition, First Printing. Publisher's speckled green cloth with black corn stalk on the front board and black lettering to the spine; this hardcover binding is clean, tight, and square. The interior is clean: no writing, no bookplates, etc. The text is clean and unmarked. The dustjacket remains un-clipped ($2.00) and is bright, attractive, and whole with light wear to the lower spine end and corner folds. A really beautiful copy in vibrant original jacket; you'll be hard pressed to find a better copy of this rare and important novel of the American Left and WWI. Cunningham and this novel had a profound influence on Jim Thompson during his days as a member of the Communist Party and Federal Writer's Project in Oklahoma. A great read, and an important book.

Seller: Bowman Books, Wooster, OH, U.S.A.

CUNNINGHAM, William. The Green Corn Rebellion. Vanguard Press, New York, 1935.

Price: US$3500.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition. Two modest stamps from a Brooklyn camera shop on the front pastedown, else fine in an attractive, very good dustwrapper with a thin triangular chip on the spine removing some of the lettering from the title, and some other modest wear at the extremities. The author's first book, an antiwar novel based on the abortive 1917 rebellion (called the Green Corn Rebellion in the War Department archives) of Oklahoma farmers who plotted to rebel against the draft and America's entrance into the First World War, and to march on Washington and form a cooperative commonwealth, and the tragic consequences to those who participated in it. Cunningham was a major influence on his protégé and friend at the Oklahoma Writer's Project, Jim Thompson. Thompson's admiration for this novel and friendship with Cunningham precipitated his being hired at the Project, where he succeeded Cunningham as Director. Cunningham was also the head of the Communist Party in Oklahoma during some of the 1930s, and according to one source Cunningham arranged for Jim Thompson to join the local chapter so that Thompson could get a loan from the cell and buy a car in which to travel from Oklahoma to California. Cunningham's style, influence, and some of the episodes from this novel are reflected in Thompson's later writing. This novel was cited by Walter B. Rideout in his definitive study, *The Radical Novel in the United States*. All copies of *The Green Corn Rebellion* are exceptionally uncommon, and in jacket they are flat out rare.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.