Item Description: ? Author: Fred R. Harris ? Title: Alarms and Hopes ? Publisher: Harper & Row, Publishers ? Publication Date: 1968 ? Edition: First Edition (Stated "First Edition" with publisher's code "D-S") ? Format: Hardcover with original dust jacket ? Language: English ? Price on Flap: $4.95 (Unclipped) ? Inscription/Signature: Signed "Best wishes / Fred R. Harris" in black sharpie/felt-tip pen on the front flyleaf. Condition Report: ? Signature: Strong, bold black ink with zero fading or smudging. ? Dust Jacket: Present and intact with vibrant blue and red design. Shows light shelf wear, including minor crinkling and tiny nicks at the top and bottom spine ends, and light rubbing along the edges. Unclipped price on the front flap. ? Binding: Two-tone cloth boards matching the jacket (black cloth spine over blue and red paper boards) are firm, straight, and tight. Silver spine text is bright and crisp. ? Pages: Crisp, clean, and securely bound. No internal marking, highlighting, or dog ears present. About the Author: Fred R. Harris (born 1930) is an American politician, author, and professor who served as a Democratic U.S. Senator from Oklahoma from 1964 to 1973. A prominent figure in 1960s liberalism, he served on the historic Kerner Commission. "Alarms and Hopes" is his urgent 1968 analysis of America's pressing social and economic crises, exploring poverty, racial tensions, and practical political solutions for national progress.

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Title: Alarms and Hopes
Publisher: Harper & Row
Publication Date: 1968
Language: English
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition.
Dust Jacket Condition: With Dust Jacket
Signed: Signed by Author

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