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050 4 $aPS3558.U464$bH55 1996
100 1 $aHumphrey, William.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50034158
245 10 $aHome from the hill /$cby William Humphrey.
260 $aBaton Rouge, LA :$bLouisiana State University Press,$c1996, ©1957.
300 $a312 pages ;$c22 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aVoices of the South
520 $aFifteen years after the death of her husband and son - years spent in a Dallas asylum - Hannah Hunnicutt is laid to rest between them in their small northeast Texas hometown. All three tombstones, however, bear the same date: May 18, 1939.
520 8 $aFrom that event, Home from the Hill unfolds a powerful tale, told in flashback, that explains the tragic date: the volatile relationship between genteel, brooding Hannah and her charismatic, wayward husband, Wade; the arduous effects on their son, Theron, divided between emulating the father he admires and returning his mother's love; Theron's affection for pretty Libby Halstead and his induction into the adult rites of hunting and sex; and the murderous consequences of revenge.
520 8 $aOriginally published in 1958, William Humphrey's first novel perfectly evokes the culture of the 1930s South as it vividly renders individuals yoked together as a family. It has been translated into a dozen languages and was made into a movie starring Robert Mitchum as Wade Hunnicutt.
830 0 $aVoices of the South.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94043535
852 00 $boff,glx$hPS3558.U464$iH55 1996g