The Voice of Small-Town America - The Selected Writings of Robert Quillen, 1920-1948

Informationen zum Autor John Hammond Moore is a veteran journalist and historian with more than twenty books to his credit, including A Plantation Mistress on the Eve of the Civil War: The Diary of Keziah Goodwyn Hopkins Brevard, 1860-1861 and Carnival of Blood: Dueling, Lynching, and Murder in South Carolina, 1880-1920. Moore resides in Columbia, South Carolina. Klappentext A sampling of the popular wit and insights of the Garrison Keillor of his era Zusammenfassung A native of Kansas! Robert Quillen became a converted southerner over time. This volume includes a collection of Quillen's rants against noisy neighbors! barking dogs! cats! birds! litter! bootleggers! lynching! sordid county politics! and the encroachment of the federal government.

Product details

• Authors: John Hammond (EDT) Moore, Robert Quillen
• Assisted by: John Hammond Moore (Editor)
• Publisher: Univ of south carolina press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2007
• EAN: 9781570037108
• ISBN: 978-1-57003-710-8
• No. of pages: 321
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism