THE WIDOWS OF THORNTON by Taylor, Peter - 0

Louisiana State University Press, April 1994. Trade Paperback . Good. Taylor,Peter Widows Of Thornton Stories Light edge and cover wear. Unmarked pages. All Orders Shipped With Tracking And Delivery Confirmation Numbers.

london: Louisiana State University Press, 1994. Later Printing. . paperback. Very Good. Book is clean. Pages have no markings.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.A. : Louisiana State Univ Pr, 1994,. Fine/Unknown. Octavo, softcover, as new, white pictorial wraps. A collection of short stories of white and black families living in Thornton TN but who have moved to various locations. Although now living in different cities, the women share a sense of hanging onto the customs and social roles of their southern origins while the men move onto new lives.

Louisiana State Univ Pr. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp.

Paperback. Acceptable.

Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press, 1994. First Thus. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Louisiana State University Press First Printing, 1994. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Bright, clean wraps with minor wear, gently used book, internals as new. The eight stories and one short play were first collected in 1954. They revolve around several families-black and white-who lived previously in the small town of Thornton, Tennessee, but over the years have moved to various cities-Memphis, Nashville, St Louis, Detroit, Chicago. Although the families are geographically removed from Thornton, the women remain in the past, clinging to the old traditions, customs, and social roles. The men react to the changing times by moving on in the world; they have left the women and some elderly servants and relatives behind--the widows of Thornton- to tend to the useless, inherited past. Thornton offers no judgment; he simply describes the disappearance of an era and a… Read More

NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1954. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover in blue patterned boards with a dark blue cloth spine. Taylor's second collection of short stories, set in the American South and Midwest. Nine tales of various families in Thornton, Tennessee who had migrated to other towns. No dust jacket. Mild fade to spine, otherwise a tight, clean copy. Record # 381633

Harcourt Brace & Company, 1954. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1954. No Edition Remarks. 310 pages. Pictorial dust jacket covered in removable plastic wrapper over pictorial paper covered boards with cloth spine. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears, chipping and creasing. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces, particularly to spine.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

New. The item is Brand New!