A critic once observed that "Jewel Gibson is a writer with two tongues, one for each cheek." Gibson's rollickingly funny first novel, Joshua Beene and God, first published in 1946, revealed a writer whose handling of the earthy and comic was as deft as her remarkable ability to capture the colorful sights, sounds, and language of East Texas life. Praised as superb satire by critics and damned as wicked by more than one Texas community, this novel follows one curmudgeonly religious leader's crusade against Spring Creek's ...
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A critic once observed that "Jewel Gibson is a writer with two tongues, one for each cheek." Gibson's rollickingly funny first novel, Joshua Beene and God, first published in 1946, revealed a writer whose handling of the earthy and comic was as deft as her remarkable ability to capture the colorful sights, sounds, and language of East Texas life. Praised as superb satire by critics and damned as wicked by more than one Texas community, this novel follows one curmudgeonly religious leader's crusade against Spring Creek's Baptists, Holy Rollers, and nonbelievers. Joshua Ebenezer Beene, as chief elder of the Church of Christ of Spring Creek Community, president of the school board, justice of the peace, and self-appointed game warden, regularly summons God to seek advise on how to carry out his crusade--which, as the novel opens, has taken on a special urgency. Alerted by the Biblical admonition that "The days of our years are three score years and ten," Joshua believes he has one final year among the living to claim victory in his long-running battle with the town sinners before claiming his heavenly reward.Gently satirical without being mocking, Joshua Beene and God has been called "humorous--but surprisingly reverent" in its comic portrayal of religious and political struggle in a small East Texas town. Now once again again available with a foreword by Sylvia Ann Grider, this provocatively funny and entertaining novel by one of Texas' leading women writers invites rediscovery by today's readers.
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Good. No dust jacket. cover quite worn at corners, edges and spine, corners bumped, old price sticker mark on front cover and on flyleaf, endpapers and text blocks faded and stained. 238 p.
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Good/No Jacket. No Jacket. Firm binding, Corners worn, spine ends frayed. No name or marks. Top edge foxed. 238 pages. A humorous portrayal of religious and political struggle in a small East Texas town. Rust-brown cloth-covered boards. First printing. ZSBH E4821. Signed by Author.
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Good in Good jacket. Ex Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. The story of a Texas Messiah-folksy, earthy and humorous. Jacket covered in mylar, lightly scuffed. Usual library markings inside. Pages browning at edges. Text is clean & unmarked, binding is tight.
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Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Dj bumped, chipped, scuffed and browning with worn edges and small tears. Pages slightly browning. Text is clean & unmarked, binding is tight.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. First English edition. Foxing, else near fine in very good dustwrapper with internal tape repairs and a faint stain on the front panel. Novel about a folksy "old-time" religious leader in Texas, by a Texas woman author. The English edition is especially uncommon.
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Fine in Fine jacket. First edition. Fine in fine, very lightly worn dustwrapper. Novel about a folksy "old-time" religious leader in Texas, by a Texas woman author. A beautiful copy, and uncommon thus.
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Good. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR. FIRST PRINTING. MISSING DUST JACKET. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
