New York: Venture Press Book/Simon and Schuster, 1947. Very Good in a Very Good Dust Jacket. Interesting period historical fiction novel regarding race in the south involving the rape of a black woman.

New York: Pantheon, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE --Wendell Berry is arguably America's most influential agrarian voice, a writer whose work serves as a moral compass for the sustainable agriculture movement. 'Watch With Me' represents Berry at the height of his storytelling powers, using the fictional town of.....

New York: Literary Guild, (Harpers), 1931. Illustrations by J.J. Lankes. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. The story based on the Ballad of John Henry, the "steel-drivin' man"; based on the African-American folk hero. It was made into a Broadway play and later a musical featuring Paul Robeson in the title.....

Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE --Clyde Edgerton is a cornerstone of the 1980s and 90s Southern literary renaissance. Published by the influential Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 'Killer Diller' solidified Edgerton's reputation as a writer who could critique Southern religious.....

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE --William Faulkner, recipient of the 1949 Nobel Prize for Literature, is a titan of Modernism whose work redefined the American South. His creation of Yoknapatawpha County provided a microcosm through which to examine themes of class, race, and the crushing weight of history.The Snopes Trilogy is unique in.....

Charlottesville and London: University of Virginia Press, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow was an American novelist who won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1942 for her novel In This Our Life. Her realistic depictions of life in her native Virginia.....

New York: Heritage Press, 1957. Uncle Remus comprises a rich tapestry of animal tales, songs, and oral traditions sourced from the African American community in the Southern United States. Reflecting didactic themes akin to Aesop's fables and Jean de La Fontaine's narratives, these stories are woven around the endearing figure.....

Mary McKay's Old Southern Tea Room Cookbook, first published in 1960, offers a delightful glimpse into the culinary traditions of the American South, specifically reflecting the offerings of the Old Southern Tea Room in Vicksburg, Mississippi. This charming cookbook is more than a mere collection of recipes; it serves as.....

Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. The biography chronicles Idella Parker's journey from Reddick to Cross Creek, offering a window into the often-overlooked history of African American women in the rural South during the early 20th century. It highlights her resilience.....

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1971. Book Club Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE --Following the National Book Award success of 'The Moviegoer,' Walker Percy pivoted toward a more expansive, satirical vision of America’s future. 'Love in the Ruins' is often cited as his most ambitious work, predicting.....

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1978. Illustrated by George H. Jones. First published in 1946, All the King's Men is a profound exploration of power, morality, and human nature. Set in the 1930s South, the novel follows Willie Stark, a populist politician whose rise to power is marked by.....

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE --Eudora Welty occupies a unique space in American letters, having won the Pulitzer Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Her work is a primary document of the 20th-century Southern experience, focusing on the nuances of family, community, and the 'inner life'.The.....

New York: New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1975. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a 1955 American three-act play written by Tennessee Williams. The play, an adaptation of his 1952 short story "Three Players of a Summer Game", was written between 1953 and 1955. One of Williams's more famous works.....