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WILLEFORD, Charles (1919–1988). Cockfighter Journal. Santa Barbara: Neville Publishing, Inc., 1989. 8vo. Title page illustration by Laurence Donovan. Foreword by James Lee Burke. Publisher’s pictorial red cloth stamped in black. LIMITED EDITION number 151 of 300 copies SIGNED BY JAMES LEE BURKE. Charles Willeford is best known as the creator of detective Hoke Moseley, and is an acknowledged influence of such titans of modern crime fiction as Elmore Leonard, James Lee Burke, and Daniel Woodrell; Quentin Tarantino has stated in many interviews that Pulp Fiction was directly influenced by Willeford’s literary style.