What the Scarecrow Said [INSCRIBED AND SIGNED]

Ikeda, Stewart David. What the Scarecrow Said [INSCRIBED AND SIGNED]. New York: ReganBooks, 1996. First edition.

Quarto (9 1/2 x 6 1/2″). XIV, 445, [1]pp. Original illustrated and photo-illustrated dust-jacket over half black cloth and paper covered boards. Gold lettering to spine. Title-page inscribed and signed by the author, and dated June 22, 1996.

“Cast out of his native California, “relocated” to an armed camp, and made a victim of almost unbearable family loss, Billy Fujita finds himself in the coldest reaches of Massachusetts in the closing months of World War II. A spirited widow, Margaret Kelly, has helped secure his release in the hope that Fujita, a horticulturist, will turn her barren land into a working farm. Together with Margaret, a war widow named Livvie, and her damaged young son, Garvin, Fujita becomes a reluctant participant in an impromptu family.

Providing a profound new perspective on the Japanese-American experience, “What the Scarecrow Said” is the story of how even in the harshest soil the roots of love and family can survive.” (From the Publishers).

Dust-jacket, binding and interior in very good condition. vg. Hardcover. (41832) $45