Hovering Over Baja

New York: William Morrow, 1961. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the half-title page: "To my good friend Hon. Cody Fowler / with best wishes from a fan / Yours / Erle / Erle Stanley Gardner."

Cody Fowler was a Tampa, Florida-based white lawyer who became known for his willingness to defend African Americans in court. He was made president of the American Bar Association in 1950, and in 1959 was appointed chairman of the Bi-Racial Commissions of both Florida and Tampa, formed to help coordinate integration.

Book spine lightly faded, with a few small splashes to the fore-edges, else Near Fine in a Near Fine, price-clipped dust jacket.

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