| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 261 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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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 |
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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 |
| Summary |
In 1946, at the age of 41, Janice Holt Giles wrote her first novel. Thee 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 |
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Dianne Watkins Stuart, for years the acknowledged expert on Giles's work, has traced the path of her unique life. Stuart walked around the small house where Giles's brother was born and The Kinta Years (1973) had its origin, wandered through the yard where The Plum Thicket (1954) grew, and made countless trips to Adair County, Kentucky, to trace the trails of the Piney Ridge trilogy (The Enduring Hills, Miss Willie, Tara's Healing) and seek out the day-to-day life of her later years |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-253) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Giles, Janice Holt.
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| SUBJECT |
Giles, Janice Holt fast |
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Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Novelists, American
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Kentucky -- Biography
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Kentucky
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Biographies
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780813149837 |
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0813149835 |
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