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Autore |
Stuart Dianne Watkins |
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Titolo |
Janice Holt Giles : a writer's life / / Dianne Watkins Stuart |
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Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University of Kentucky Press, , 2009 |
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©1998 |
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ISBN |
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0-8131-9311-7 |
0-8131-4983-5 |
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Edizione |
[Paperback edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (296 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Novelists, American - 20th century |
Kentucky Biography |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Map of Giles Ridge on endpapers. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chronology; 1. Words and Music, 1899-1901; 2. Prairie Winds, 1901-1917; 3. The City, 1917-1924; 4. Distance, 1924-1939; 5. The Move to Kentucky, 1939-1941; 6. Journeys, 1941-1943; 7. Newlyweds, 1943-1945; 8. Inbetweenst the Work, 1945-1949; 9. Drawn from Real Life, 1949-1950; 10. His and Hers, 1950-1951; 11. Good Companions, 1951-1952; 12. Back to the Ridge and Beyond, 1952-1954; 13. The Plum Thicket, 1954-1955; 14. Hannah Fowler, 1955-1956; 15. Dedicated Writer, 1956-1957; Illustrations; 16. Dead Ducks, 1957; 17. A Place of Her Own, 1957-1958 |
18. West with the Fiction, 1958-195919. Religion and Politics, 1959-1962; 20. Running the River, 1962-1963; 21. Pain of Parting, 1963-1964; 22. Lump in the Throat, 1964; 23. Reunion, 1965; 24. Home to Come Home To, 1965-1967; 25. Up the Holler, 1967-1968; 26. No Dreary Moments, 1968-1969; 27. Research, 1969-1970; 28. Green Bough in the Heart, 1970-1971; 29. Act of Contrition, 1971-1973; 30. Recognition, 1973-1978; 31. Writing about Writing, 1978-1979; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In 1946, at the age of 41, Janice Holt Giles wrote her first novel. Although it took her only three months to complete the first draft, |
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working at night so as not to conflict with her secretarial job, it was another four years before The Enduring Hills was published. Three years later, when her sixth novel appeared, Janice Holt Giles's works had accumulated sales of nearly two million copies. Between 1950 and 1975 she wrote twenty-four books, most of which were bestsellers, regularly reviewed in the New York Times, and selected for inclusion in popular book clubs. Her picture held pride of p |
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