Description
First edition of Point Of The Lance, signed by the author Sargent Shriver to Chicago publisher Leo Lerner. Octavo, xi, 240pp. Black cloth, title in gilt on spine. Stated “first edition” on copyright page. In publishers fine dust jacket, retail price on front flap, appears as new. (Newcomb, 539) Inscribed by Sargent Shriver on the front free endpaper: “To Leo Lerner – a leading exponent and effective worker for many of the ideas contained in this book – with best wishes. Sargent Shriver.” Includes letter, signed “Sarge” and dated November 6, 1964.
Comments: Sargent Shriver (1915-2011) was the driving force behind the Peace Corps and founded the United States Job Corps and Head Start programs. He was the democratic nominee for vice president in 1972, replacing Thomas Eagleton. Shriver was introduced to the Kennedy family shortly after WWII and married Eunice Kennedy in 1953.
