Swamp Water
Published on 31. July 1982
Book
Hardback
282 pages
978-0-8203-0553-0 (ISBN)
Description
Swamp Water, the first novel by a young native of south Georgia, was an immediate critical and financial success. The setting is the mysterious Okefenokee in southern Georgia-"the Swamp that pulled a man down and never let him go." Movie versions were made in 1941 (by Jean Renoir) and in 1951.
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Person
Vereen Bell (1911-1944) wrote fiction and magazine articles set in the outdoors of the American South. His books include Swamp Water, Two of a Kind, and Brag Dog and Other Stories. Bell served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and was killed in action during the Battle for Leyte Gulf.