| Author: | Garna L. Christian | ISBN: | 9781469100784 |
| Publisher: | Xlibris US | Publication: | June 16, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Xlibris US | Language: | English |
| Author: | Garna L. Christian |
| ISBN: | 9781469100784 |
| Publisher: | Xlibris US |
| Publication: | June 16, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Xlibris US |
| Language: | English |
George Sessions Perry: The Man and His Words is the first biography of the Texas novelist, short story writer, and war correspondent in a generation and the first to use his personal letters and files to allow his words to tell the story. The story is an intriguing one, of a talented but troubled man from Rockdale, Texas who won the National Book Award for Hold Autumn in Your Hand and became one of the most widely read writers in the nation before his untimely demise by drowning in 1956. The biography commemorates the one hundredth anniversary of Perrys birth.
George Sessions Perry: The Man and His Words is the first biography of the Texas novelist, short story writer, and war correspondent in a generation and the first to use his personal letters and files to allow his words to tell the story. The story is an intriguing one, of a talented but troubled man from Rockdale, Texas who won the National Book Award for Hold Autumn in Your Hand and became one of the most widely read writers in the nation before his untimely demise by drowning in 1956. The biography commemorates the one hundredth anniversary of Perrys birth.
