This debut novel by Shelby Foote, a major Southern writer whose masterpiece is The Civil War: A Narrative, introduces Hugh Bart, a farmer confronting life's problems in the postbellum South. Hugh's story is told through a clever blend of rich language and flashbacks that bring to life Jordan County, Foote's fictional Mississippi Delta community. Many of the remarkable characters introduced here will become staples of Foote's future works. Highly praised both here and abroad, Foote's novels have been on bestseller lists in ...
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This debut novel by Shelby Foote, a major Southern writer whose masterpiece is The Civil War: A Narrative, introduces Hugh Bart, a farmer confronting life's problems in the postbellum South. Hugh's story is told through a clever blend of rich language and flashbacks that bring to life Jordan County, Foote's fictional Mississippi Delta community. Many of the remarkable characters introduced here will become staples of Foote's future works. Highly praised both here and abroad, Foote's novels have been on bestseller lists in France and Italy. Whether writing historical narrative or novels, Shelby Foote clearly belongs to the first rank of American writers of our century.
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Good. Size: 8x5x0; Covers have a light curl. Corners very gently bumped. fore-edge of pageblock lightly stained. Covers shiny, text free from marks, highlighting and dogears. Spine uncreased. A pre-owned copy that is aging very gracefully.
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Used; Very Good. Used; Very Good. 59-E-08 Summa Publications 1987 Paperback. Second Edition. Text is clean and unmarked. Covers have light wear. Spine is tight. Book Condition; Very Good. 1987. TRADE PAPERBACK.
