Book has only very light, general wear, with a little toning on the end papers. Dustjacket has edge and corner wear with a small bit of loss at the top of the spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 382 pages; One of Yerby's epic novels about a Robber Baron of the Gilded Age. Born in Augusta Georgia, Yerby was the first African American to write a best-selling novel and to have a book purchased by a Hollywood studio for a film adaptation. Dial Press played down the fact that he was African-American.