Summer of ’42.

RAUCHER, Herman [Jennifer O'Neill].

Item Number: 147469

New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1971.

First edition of the novelization of the screenplay which was the basis for the classic Richard Mulligan directed film starring Jennifer O’Neill. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “For Art and Jan- with gratitude for giving me Richard who- is really responsible for it all- Hermie.” Additionally inscribed by actress Jennifer O’Neill below the author’s inscription. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Judith Kazdym Leeds. Rare and desirable.

Both the film and this book are based on the real incidents that happened during the summer of 1942 in Raucher's life. Raucher's novelization of the screenplay, with the dedication, "To those I love, past and present," serves more as the tribute to his friend Oscar Seltzer that he had intended the film to be, with the focus of the book being more on the two boys' relationship than Raucher's relationship with Dorothy. Summer of '42 is a 1971 American coming-of-age film directed by Robert Mulligan, and starring Jennifer O'Neill, Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser, and Christopher Norris. It was a commercial and critical success and was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning for Best Original Score for Michel Legrand.