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The unvanquished / William Faulkner ; drawings by Edward Shenton.

Author/creator Faulkner, William, 1897-1962
Other author/creatorShenton, Edward, 1895-1977 illustrator.
Other author/creatorTaylor, Peter, 1917-1994, former owner.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info New York, N.Y. : Random House, [1938]
Description5 preliminary leaves, 3-293 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Subject(s)
Historical fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Yoknapatawpha County (Imaginary place)--Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
War stories.
Sartoris family (Fictitious characters)--Fiction.
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
Mississippi--Fiction.
United States--History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Fiction.
Physical medium8vo.
Contents Ambuscade -- Retreat -- Raid -- Riposte in Tertio -- Vendee -- Skirmish at Sartoris -- An odor of verbena.
Abstract Bayard Sartoris returns from the battlefields of the Civil War and tries to build his family and his fortune.
Local noteJoyner Wright Coll. copy has enclosed letter from John Hersey, Chancellor, The American Academy of Arts and Letters, to "the members of the Academy," concerning elections to fill membership vacancies (October 7, 1983). Autograph: Albert Adams, New York 1941" on front fly-leaf. Stuart Wright Peter Taylor Book Collection #108. See also related manuscript material in the Stuart Wright Collection, #1169, in Joyner Library Special Collections.
General noteSeven short stories forming a continuous novel.
References Petersen A18a.
Audience Lexile: 1160.
Acquisitions source Joyner Wright Coll. copy gift of Stuart Wright, 2014
Issued in other formOnline version: Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. Unvanquished. New York, Random House [1938]
LCCN 38027161

Available Items

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Joyner Stuart Wright Collection PS3511.A86 U5 1938 ✔ Available Request Material
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