[McMURTRY, Larry (1936-2021), his copy]. ALGREN, Nelson (1909-1981). Somebody in Boots. New York: The Vanguard Press, [1935]. FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR?S FIRST BOOK, based on his experiences as a migrant worker during the Depression. In the RARE DUST JACKET. Larry McMurtry once wrote that Nelson Algren held the best literary claim to the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.