The Orphans' Nine Commandments

Fort Worth, Texas: TCU Press, 2007. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Holman on front free end paper, noted, 'Austin, Jan. 17, 2010'. 234 heart-rending pages. Bright, crisp and clean book with publication material laid in. Dust jacket is bright. Top edge shows a little wear. Rare signed copy.… Read more about this item

Fort Worth, TX: TCU Press, 2007 ISBN 978-0-87565-355-6 Octavo (9.25 in. by 6.25 in.); 234pp.; very good hardcover; very good dust jacket; torn dust jacket edges; lightly rubbed book edges; crisp; clean; bright..

Lincoln: TCU Press, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 234 p. With a Foreword by Ted Blevins. Textual photographs. Fort Worth, Texas: TCU Press, 2007. First edition. Inscribed by Holman to distinguished Southern California historian Doyce B. Nunis, Jr. on the front flyleaf. Octavo. Original blue cloth binding, with red titles. A fine copy in a very lightly… Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New. When Roger Bechan was six, his mother packed his suitcase and took him to the Oklahoma Society for the Friendless. He never saw her again. This book offers an unsentimental look at Bechan's life in the child welfare system of Depression-era Oklahoma.

Texas Christian University Press, 2009-10-30. Paperback. Good. Tight binding. Clean unmarked text and covers. Covers worn at the corners. Top right corner slight curl. Light soiling to edges. Earthlight Books is a family owned and operated, independent bookstore serving Walla Walla, Washington since 1973.

Hardback. New. A story of survival within an impersonal child-care system, a story filled with vivid characters, pathos, surprising humor, and the tenacity of a young boy who longs for a normal home and can't understand why his mother abandoned him or who his father is.