First edition. First printing, stated. Octavo, red cloth with blue and white titling to spine. Top edge red. 8pp of photographs, 306pp. Authors second book and more rare than one might expect. Binding slightly cocked. Dustwrapper lightly soiled and frayed with a short tear. Owners name stamp to endpaper. Very Good. Photographs by William and Paul Keyserling. The author, as a young and idealistic teacher finds himself on a small island off South Carolina with a class of near illiterate children.