Dell B-147 First Edition (July, 1960). First Printing. Cover Art by Mitchell Hooks
From the back cover:
He Was Big . . . And Strong . . . And All Man . . .
And there wasn't a woman in the county that didn't know it. When Troy Bannock walked down the street, in his tight, faded blue jeans, one thing was damn sure -- the girl that got him would have herself a real man.
He was a farm boy, but he hated the land that took a man's body and heart away from him and gave him only enough to barely stay alive.
And there was more than just a body to Troy. He had brains they said, and a burning desire to get out of the dry, dusty, hot, one-horse town and make something of himself.
But with all of his manliness, Troy was still only a boy -- young, heedless, standing at the crossroads of life, full of the hungering of the flesh that could lead him to disaster . . .
Dell B-147 First Edition (July, 1960). First Printing. Cover Art by Mitchell Hooks
From the back cover:
He Was Big . . . And Strong . . . And All Man . . .
And there wasn't a woman in the county that didn't know it. When Troy Bannock walked down the street, in his tight, faded blue jeans, one thing was damn sure -- the girl that got him would have herself a real man.
He was a farm boy, but he hated the land that took a man's body and heart away from him and gave him only enough to barely stay alive.
And there was more than just a body to Troy. He had brains they said, and a burning desire to get out of the dry, dusty, hot, one-horse town and make something of himself.
But with all of his manliness, Troy was still only a boy -- young, heedless, standing at the crossroads of life, full of the hungering of the flesh that could lead him to disaster . . .