CATCH THE VISION; THE LIFE OF HENRY L. WHITFIELD OF MISSISSIPPI.

First edition (not stated) DATED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. x, 173 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.5cm. White dust jacket with slight soiling; usual toning to spine; minor scuffing/bumping to edges; front flap retains publisher's printed price. Blue cloth with bright gilt stamping to spine. Author's two-line ink inscription "Bill R. Baker | 9-14-84" upon the title page: interior pages are otherwise bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. A fine copy in a very good+ dust jacket. With Preface, Foreword by R.A. McLemore, b/w photographs and illustrations, Bibliography, and Index. Features four chapters titled as "State Superintendent of Education," "President, Mississippi Industrial Institute and College," "Governor of Mississippi," and "Legislative Program of the Whitfield Administration" plus "Appendix: Genealogy of Henry Lewis Whitfield." Uncommon biography of Mississippi Governor Henry Whitfield (1868-1927) who famously defeated Theodore G. Bilbo in the state's 1923 gubernatorial election. Whitfield also served as President of Columbus, Mississippi's Industrial Institute and College which is now known as Mississippi University for Women. {MS-Shelf-#7|CMS-00891} ISBN 0878050620.…