NY, Knopf, 1992. His highly praised memoir, which traces his family's history as wealthy landowners in southeastern Oregon, a mixed blessing for the author, as he describes it. Kittredge's memoir is in part an elegy for the Great Basin and the large ranch that was his family legacy and, as such, it reflects on the myths of the Old West and was a key work in defining the literature of the "New West." Inscribed by the author: "To Steve [Krauzer] with all possible respect & affection in memory of Cord. Bill Kittredge. 6/24/92." Fine in a fine dust jacket. A great association copy: in the 1980s Kittredge and Krauzer collaborated on a series of novels of the Old West whose main character was an outlaw named Cord, which the inscription refers to. [#027937] $250

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