03478nam 2200613 450 991078721470332120200520144314.00-8131-9311-70-8131-4983-5(CKB)3710000000333903(EBL)1915026(SSID)ssj0001402285(PQKBManifestationID)12536565(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001402285(PQKBWorkID)11357984(PQKB)10928572(OCoLC)607098620(MdBmJHUP)muse43804(Au-PeEL)EBL1915026(CaPaEBR)ebr11011753(CaONFJC)MIL690758(OCoLC)900344299(MiAaPQ)EBC1915026(EXLCZ)99371000000033390320150206h20091998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrJanice Holt Giles a writer's life /Dianne Watkins StuartPaperback edition.Lexington, Kentucky :The University of Kentucky Press,2009.©19981 online resource (296 p.)Map of Giles Ridge on endpapers.1-322-59476-7 0-8131-2095-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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, 1957-195818. 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; ZIn 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, 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 pNovelists, American20th centuryBiographyKentuckyBiographyNovelists, American813/.54Stuart Dianne Watkins1525158MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787214703321Janice Holt Giles3766328UNINA