London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1961. first edition - h/c in d.j. Raised from childhood to endure the hardships of Israeli frontier life, Nimrod regards strengths and fearlessness as major virtues, weakness as dispicable and cowardice as the cardinal sin. Against this background Yael Dayan tells Nimrod's story: his youth, his life as a soldier-farmer and the conflict within him as he learns of the demands of friendship and a woman's love, and the conflict between the old and the new. 205 x 135mm., pp. 160, stamp/signature ffep, contents & d.j. VG.