Knights and Dragons

Spencer, Elizabeth

Literature & Fiction

McGraw=Hill

Book is used and has been withdrawn from service from a Library. Book has a Library Binding and the usual Library Stamps, Stickers, Card Holder, Library Markings. May or May Not have a Dust Jacket.

The snare;: A novel

McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.

NY 1968 1st (stated). Mississippi writer. Hardcover. Octavo, 175pp., cloth. VG in Good DJ, some edge wear. Jacket reinforced with tape on inside.

Ship Island and Other Stories

NY 1960 first edition. McGraw Hill. Hardcover thin octavo. 110p. Near Fine in Near Fine (slightly toned, no tears, no chips) DJ.

Light in the Piazza

United States

An award-winning Southern writer includes thirty-three short stories spanning four decades of her life, portraying her homeland, Mississippi, and other places she has come to love

The Stories of Elizabeth Spencer

Literary

Penguin??Books

Focuses on the enduring rivalry between two men, and the women in their lives, in a story of obsession, love, and death set on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in the aftermath of hurricane Camille

The Salt Line

Penguin

Three stories describe the visit of an American woman and her daughter to Florence, a woman's efforts to recover from divorce, and a cousin's visit

The Light in the Piazza

A collection of stories peopled by a varied group of characters who come to an awakening realization in themselves; explores the life-shaping interplay between cultural realities and individual expectations

Jack of Diamonds and Other Stories

Set in the 1960's, The Night Travelers, portrays America under the shadow of the Vietnam War and the counterculture that developed in opposition to the war.  The characters reflect a time when often violent pressures affected the American community and family life.  Kate Harbison is a socially ambitious scientist whose life revolves around her work, which includes testing chemical weapons on animals for the military.  Kate's daughter, Mary, who cares little for social distinction, falls in love with Jeff, an antiwar activist.  Mary and Jeff's life involves traveling at night on the run to escape the draft by crossing the border into Canada.  Ultimately, the story reveals that only death can destroy the ties that bind.

The Night Travellers

Racial tensions erupt when a citizen with a deep sense of justice becomes sheriff of a Southern town

The Voice at the Back Door

Contemporary

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