| Description |
4 pages leaves, vii-[xxvi] pages, 1 leaf, 3-319 [1] pages, 2 leaves ; 20 cm |
| Note |
On dust jacket: "Book Club edition." See Bowden, Thurber, D82. |
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Contains contributions by Eudora Welty, Kay Boyle, Walter Van Tilburg Clark, Carson McCullers, William Saroyan, James Thurber, and others. |
| Contents |
Livvie is back / Eudora Welty -- The knot hole / Dorothy Canfield -- The fishermen of Patzcuaro / William Fifield -- The little black boys / Clara Laidlaw -- The canals of Mars / Kay Boyle -- Pigeons en casserole / Bessie Breuer -- The enemy / Pearl Buck -- The ascent of Ariel Goodbody / Walter Van Tilburg Clark -- The unfaithful / Whitfield Cook -- Standby / Sarah Grinnell -- Black boy's good time / Elmer Grossberg -- Who lived and died believing / Nancy Hale -- The glass pigeon / Josephine Johnson -- Blinker was a good dog / Ben Hur Lampman -- A tree. A rock. A cloud / Carson McCullers -- Knife-like, flower-like, like nothing at all in the world / William Saroyan -- White for the living / Margarita G. Smith -- "She shall have music" / Austin Strong -- Death and my Uncle Felix / Alison Stuart -- The cane in the corridor / James Thurber -- The old she 'gator / Peggy von der Goltz -- Pecos Bill and the willful coyote / William C. White. |
| Awards |
O. Henry Memorial Award, 1943. |
| Subject |
Short stories.
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Short stories. (OCoLC)fst01117043
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| Genre/Form |
Short stories. (OCoLC)fst01726740
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Short stories.
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| Added Author |
Brickell, Herschel, 1889-1952, editor.
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Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001.
Livvie is back.
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Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958.
Knot hole.
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Fifield, William, 1916-1987.
Fishermen of Patzcuaro.
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Laidlaw, Clara.
Little black boys.
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Boyle, Kay, 1902-1992.
Canals of Mars.
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Breuer, Bessie, 1893-1975.
Pigeons en casserole.
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Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973.
Enemy.
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Clark, Walter Van Tilburg, 1909-1971.
Ascent of Ariel Goodbody.
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Cook, Whitfield.
Unfaithful.
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Grinnell, Sarah.
Standby.
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Grossberg, Elmer, 1925-
Black boy's good time.
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Hale, Nancy, 1908-1988.
Who lived and died believing.
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Johnson, Josephine, 1910-1990.
Glass pigeon.
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Lampman, Ben Hur, 1886-1954.
Blinker was a good dog.
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McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967.
Tree, a rock, a cloud.
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Saroyan, William, 1908-1981.
Knife-like, flower-like, like nothing at all in the world.
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Smith, Margarita G.
White for the living.
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Strong, Austin, 1881-1952.
She shall have music.
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Stuart, Alison (Short story author).
Death and my Uncle Felix.
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Thurber, James, 1894-1961.
Cane in the corridor.
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Goltz, Peggy von der, 1900-1957.
Old she 'gator.
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White, William Chapman, 1903-1955.
Pecos Bill and the willful coyote.
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