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Miss America Kissed Caleb: Stories (Kentucky Voices)
Billy C. Clark
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Description for Miss America Kissed Caleb: Stories (Kentucky Voices)
Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 281.
The mountain is a lonely place. Welcome to Sourwood, a small Kentucky town inhabited by men and women unique and yet eerily familiar. Among its joyful and tragic citizens we meet the crafty, spirited Caleb and his curious younger brother; Pearl, a suspected witch, and her sheltered daughter, Thanie; superstitious Eli; and the doomed orphan Girty. In Sourwood, the mountain is both a keeper of secrets and an imposing, isolating presence, shaping the lives of all who live in its shadow.
Strong in both the voice and sensibilities of Appalachia, the stories in Miss America Kissed Caleb are ... Read more
The mountain is a lonely place. Welcome to Sourwood, a small Kentucky town inhabited by men and women unique and yet eerily familiar. Among its joyful and tragic citizens we meet the crafty, spirited Caleb and his curious younger brother; Pearl, a suspected witch, and her sheltered daughter, Thanie; superstitious Eli; and the doomed orphan Girty. In Sourwood, the mountain is both a keeper of secrets and an imposing, isolating presence, shaping the lives of all who live in its shadow.
Strong in both the voice and sensibilities of Appalachia, the stories in Miss America Kissed Caleb are ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813191386
SKU
V9780813191386
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-32
About Billy C. Clark
Billy C. Clark is the award-winning author of many books, short stories, and poems. His stories have appeared in Best American Short Stories and numerous other authologies. He lives in Virginia.
Reviews for Miss America Kissed Caleb: Stories (Kentucky Voices)
Memorable characters and a strong sense of the natural beauty surrounding Sourwood help explain why this place is obviously dear to the author's heart. - Booklist; ""Miss America Kissed Caleb is Billy C. Clark at his best with touches of O. Henry and James Still stirred in, and that's the highest compliment I can pay to a writer of short ... Read more