Dod, 1950. STEWART, John Craig. THROUGH THE FIRST GATE. NY: Dod, Mead, [1950]. 8vo., orange & black cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Author's first novel. A coming-of-age novel set on a Southern cotton plantation, with stuggles about hostility, lonliness, racism and the KKK. Signed presentation from Stewart on the..... More