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" Originally published in 1940, Stuart's first novel introduced his reader to one of the most unforgettable characters of American literature--Boliver Tussie, the hard-drinking, happy-go-lucky squatter who works just enough to get by.See other books by Jesse Stuart."
Link this with James Still's River of Earth as the first novel of a poet, sprung from frontier sources, regional material that is warp and woof of our land. I have had an eye on Stuart since the thrill of discovery on reading Man With a Bull Tongue Plow. Since then he has strengthened his position as a poet and added to his reputation with an autobiography. Now comes this novel, with the rhythm of folk ballads in the telling and a deep sense of unity with the soil of his beloved Kentucky. There is a secondary significance, in his presentation of the relations of owners, squatters and share croppers, but it is fundamentally a story of human emotions, in the romance of the owner's son and the squatter's daughter. There are moments of sheer beauty of writing - there are other moments of crudity which somehow does not mar the whole. The wood cuts by Woody Ishmael are keyed to the quality of the text. (Kirkus Reviews)
ISBN: 9780813101507
ISBN-10: 0813101506
Audience:
General
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 342
Published: 31st December 1980
Dimensions (cm): 21.6 x 14.0
x 1.9
Weight (kg): 0.435
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