Description
Signed first edition of The Terror Of Tellico Plains: The Memoirs of Ray H. Jenkins, inscribed by the author.
Octavo, [14], 199pp, [2]. Orange cloth, title stamped in black. The first printing, with no additional printings noted. Notable foxing along leaf ends, internally clean. In the publisher’s dust jacket, $8.00 on the front flap, light shelf wear, chip to bottom edge, near fine condition.
Inscribed to a childhood friend on the front free endpaper.
Ray H. Jenkins (1897- 1980) was a Tennessee lawyer and former prosecutor nicknamed the “Terror of Tellico Plains” for his early-career courtroom ferocity. Jenkins later gained national attention as special counsel during the 1954 Army-McCarthy hearings. His methodical questioning style during the televised McCarthy proceedings contrasted with the era’s political theatrics.
