An Interview with Rare Book Collector and Appraiser Ken Sanders ...

He wrote the book at age 70 after he retired, and it became a hit movie, but that first edition is tough to find. Before The Big Sky, A.B. Guthrie wrote a murder mystery called Murders at Moon Dance that he was so embarrassed by he never allowed it to be reprinted. .... And then all of a sudden he's having books overnighted all over the country to different hotel drops. He'd walk in and say “Any packages for me?” Then he'd pretend to be the cardholder and walk out. ...