The 2000-MILE Turtle (1975) H.B. Fox Signed and 12 similar items

6.25" x 9.25", 128 page hardcover with dustjacket titled THE 2000-MILE TURTLE AND OTHER EPISODES FROM EDITOR HAROLD SMITH'S PRIVATE JOURNAL by H.B. Fox/ Madrona Press, Inc., ISBN # 0-89052-014-3, Second Printing , copyright 1975/ "H. B. Fox, whose sparkling wit once won his satirical yarns acceptance in Collier's magazine, does not put on airs, and anyone who does is apt to feel his pointed barbs in this poignant satire on the human animal." For more than 50 years, H.B. Fox wrote a weekly column that appeared in as many as 150 newspapers, primarily across the country but also in many other states. The column poked fun at politicians, Congress and anything else that struck Fox's fertile mind. Fox also wrote for Collier's Magazine and other national publications throughout his long career, for the past four decades from a farm in Circleville, Texas, north of Taylor. In the 40-plus year span when Fox was widely distributed, under a pseudonym, country newspapers had their greatest influence and widest readership. It was an idyllic period for country weeklies, before chain ownership had begun to reach down to that level and begun homogenizing content, and before the Internet began lopping off wide swaths of newspapers' revenue streams - especially classifieds. Fox during his career was called a "modern-day Mark Twain." The book is complete and in VERY GOOD condition with just some overall wear mainly to the dustjacket which has some sun tanning . On the front free endpaper, the author has inscribed "For Bernice, H.B. Fox". There is also a Christmas gift inscription below not written by the author. (see pictures)