SIX-GUN SNOW WHITE Catherynne M. Valente 1st ed 1000 COPY SIGNED/LIMITED fine OP

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SIX-GUN SNOW WHITE by Catherynne M. Valente, Dust jacket illustration by Charles Vess. Burton, Mi; Subterranean Press; 2013. 1st edition hardcover. LIMITED TO 1000 SIGNED COPIES. OUT OF PRINT. PLEASE NOTE: THE LIMITATION NUMBER IN THE PICTURE IS NOT THE ONE YOU WILL RECEIVE. Additionally these copies have been SIGNED BY CHARLES VESS.From New York Times bestselling author Catherynne M. Valente comes a brilliant reinvention of one the best known fairy tales of all time. In the novella Six-Gun Snow White, Valente transports the title’s heroine to a masterfully evoked Old West where Coyote is just as likely to be found as the seven dwarves. A plain-spoken, appealing narrator relates the history of her parents—a Nevada silver baron who forced the Crow people to give up one of their most beautiful daughters, Gun That Sings, in marriage to him. With her mother’s death in childbirth, so begins a heroine’s tale equal parts heartbreak and strength. This girl has been born into a world with no place for a half-native, half-white child. After being hidden for years, a very wicked stepmother finally gifts her with the name Snow White, referring to the pale skin she will never have. Filled with fascinating glimpses through the fabled looking glass and a close-up look at hard living in the gritty gun-slinging West, readers will be enchanted by read more