Description
The first edition, first printing of An Exile by Madison Jones, basis for the 1970 film, “I Walk The Line,” starring Gregory Peck.
Octavo, [6], 153pp, [1]. Blue hardcover, green cloth spine, title in silver. The first printing, with “Published in 1967 by The Viking Press” on the copyright page. In the publisher’s near fine dust jacket, one short closed tear, $4.50 retail price on front flap. Bright illustrations. Illustrated by Dean Bornstein.
A short Southern novel centered on Hank Tawes, an honest Tennessee sheriff whose life is undone by his involvement with a young woman connected to a moonshining family. Originally published in The Sewanee Review, An Exile was later adapted into the 1970 film I Walk the Line, starring Gregory Peck and Tuesday Weld, with a soundtrack by Johnny Cash.
