Mad Boy: An Account of Henry Phipps in the War of 1812

New York: Europa Editions, 2018. UNCORRECTED PROOF, preceding the First Edition. Association Copy, INSCRIBED in the year of publication on the title page to author Chris Offutt: "For Chris / who taught me everything I know about writing! / Thanks man / Nick Arvin / 1.24.18 / Memphis TN."

Offutt is the author of “Kentucky Straight” and other short story collections, novels, nonfiction, and memoirs. In 1996, he was named one of the twenty Best Young American Novelists by “Granta” magazine. He has also written for popular television shows and national publications, has been visiting faculty at numerous institutions including the Iowa Writer’s Workshop, and has received awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and others.

Lightly faded along the spine, else Near Fine and unread in perfect-bound wrappers.

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