Peace River Country by Ralph Allen, 1958 Vintage Novel - Book Club Edition

Set in Canada, Peace River Country by Ralph Allen was published in 1958 by Doubleday & Company. 

Here's the Kirkus review from that year... KIRKUS REVIEW, January 20, 1958 The effects of ""taking up with strangers"" is reflected in the stay of Harold and Kally Sondern and their mother in Elevator, Saskatchewan, Canada. They have come here from the towns of Dobie and Regina, making their way until Chris Sondern, their father, proves he can be cured of his chronic alcoholism and go with them to Peace River country. While they travel and move on, he fights his losing battle with the bottle and bottle-loving friends along the way. Living with the Chatsworths in Elevator, Harold's friendship with a baseball hero is the means of separating Vannie Chatsworth from her possessive mother and his club initiation is the cause of Mr. Chatsworth's defending him. These are the terminal acts that drive Mrs. Chatsworth to get in touch with his father and Chris, for the first time, heads immediately for his family. But Mrs. Sondern, knowing the time has not yet come, travels on to Moose Jaw and there, Chris, desperately hunting for them, meets with the accident that kills him....And the three continue their interrupted way to Peace River country. Nomads of the late '30's, the Sonderns' small struggles are pathetic and gallant, sorry and funny, dogged and loving, in which defeat is never admitted.

BIXLEY NOTES

• Peace River Country

• Written by Ralph Allen

• Published by Doubleday & Company, 1958

• Book Club Edition

• With original dust jacket

• Measures 8 1/2" x 5 3/4"

VINTAGE NOTES

• In great condition

• Dust jacket has only a tiny bit of wear on the binding edges

• Binding is nice and tight

• Covers show no wear

• Discoloration on the inside front cover

• Pages are in excellent condition

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