Don't ask me why, but these two seemed to go together...
Title:
The Old Man and the Boy — Crest d555 (1st ptg, 1962)
Author: Robert Ruark
Cover artist: N/A
Yours for: $5
- Imagine a simpler time ... when a book with a title like this wouldn't scream "pedophilia"
- Hey, look, it's the highly unasked-for and unauthorized sequel to "The Old Man and the Sea"
- "Long story short, I shot that boy and his head now hangs over my fireplace."
- "Straight from the exciting experiences ..." — please, please don't tell me.
- The real title of this book is "Tomatb Hlanho Edndey," which is Swahili for "White Man In Silly Clothes Thinks He's a Hunter"
- Please tell me that the guy with the spear is not "The Boy"
- Two things I don't want my reading material to be — "homespun" and "salty"
- "Smells?"
- "Everyday living" — imagine the kind of balls you'd have to have to use that phrase above that picture.
- Deciding his quarry was too fat and stupid to bring him honor, the warrior turned and walked slowly home.
Page 123:
The Willie was about half coaled out, and he was flopping and spluttering in the water.
I don't even know where to begin ...
*****
Title:
How to Work with Tools & Wood — Pocket Books 1057 (1st ptg, April 1955)
Author: Fred Gross (ed.)
Cover artist: photo (Meyer Studios)
Yours for: $10
- I believe this is the sequel to "The Old Man and the Boy," wherein the old man takes the boy to see his dunge-... I mean, workshop.
- "Have you ever ... worked with wood, Billy?"
- This back cover is a relief, as it is mercifully dull instead of nightmarishly suggestive.
Page 123~As the bottom is accessible from the end, it may be sawed out and then trimmed to line with the chisel if necessary.
That's some good handyman porn.
~RP[
Follow Rex Parker on Twitter]
