Wellspring
Published on 3. May 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-8131-9025-9 (ISBN)
Description
The last book Giles published before her death in 1979, Wellspring has been out of print for years.
The nineteen selections bring together Giles's fiction, nonfiction, autobiography, and fictionalized autobiography to reveal a behind-the-scenes look at her life, her family, her love for her adopted state of Kentucky and its people, her politics, her favorite authors, her thoughts on writing, and her views of her own work. Wellspring is available again for old and new readers of Janice Holt Giles.
Janice Holt Giles (1905-1979), author of nineteen books, lived and wrote near Knifley, Kentucky, for thirty-four years. Her biography is told in Janice Holt Giles: A Writer's Life.
The nineteen selections bring together Giles's fiction, nonfiction, autobiography, and fictionalized autobiography to reveal a behind-the-scenes look at her life, her family, her love for her adopted state of Kentucky and its people, her politics, her favorite authors, her thoughts on writing, and her views of her own work. Wellspring is available again for old and new readers of Janice Holt Giles.
Janice Holt Giles (1905-1979), author of nineteen books, lived and wrote near Knifley, Kentucky, for thirty-four years. Her biography is told in Janice Holt Giles: A Writer's Life.
Reviews / Votes
If you are already a committed Janice Holt Giles reader, in Wellspring you will be re-visiting familiar and hospitable territory. If you are a new reader, this book will be a solid introduction to the matter, manner, and scope - the wellsprings - of an important American writer.... It is, indeed, a treasure box into which Janice Holt Giles has stored shining bits and pieces of her life and career. - from the foreword by Wade HallMore details
Edition
Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Lexington
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
425 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8131-9025-9 (9780813190259)
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Person
Janice Holt Giles (1905-1979) was the nationally acclaimed author of over two dozen books, including Act of Contrition, Hannah Fowler, and The Enduring Hills.