Author: ACTON, Richard
Title: A Brit Among the Hawkeyes
Description: Ames, Iowa State University Press, 1998. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth spine and black paper over boards with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, 207pp. Fine/fine. Tight, pristine first edition of this extremely unusual memoir by a British Labour politician (1941-2010) -- 4th Baron Acton and Baron Acton of Bridgnorth -- who marries an Iowa academic and splits his time between London and Cedar Rapids. Boldly signed and inscribed by him in black ballpoint on the title page: "For David / Best wishes / Richard Acton / September 1998. .

Keywords: Illinois & Midwest


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