Beech Tree, New York, 1998, 1^st/1^st thus.  ISBN 0-688-16364-5.  Trade soft cover, 79 pages.  Unread copy; light edge wear, sticker ghost on rear wrap; binding tight; interior clean and unmarked with black & white illustrations by Quentin Blake.  ‘Imagine a one-acre farm with soil so rich it ought to be kept in a bank, a winter so cold the red barns turn blue, and a summer so hot the hens lay fried eggs.  That’s the world of Josh McBroom, the lovable teller of tall tales …’ (from rear wrap)