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Ancestors and Others Hardback - 2009 - 1st Edition

by Fred Chappell

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Ancestors and Others collects selected stories from the legendary southern writer, Fred Chappell

In this collection, Fred Chappell shows his mastery across a range of genres. Featuring folk fables in the Twain tradition, realistic stories of growing up in remote Appalachia, stories of family, kin, and community, and tales of the fantastic and spooky, this book will delight fans and surprise new readers.

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  • Title Ancestors and Others
  • Author Fred Chappell
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher St. Martin's Press, New York
  • Publication date 2009-10-27
  • Features Dust Cover, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780312561673 / 0312561679
  • Weight 1.11 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.25 in (24.13 x 16.51 x 3.18 cm)
  • Category Fiction - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Short stories, Short stories, American
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2009024034
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • Kirkus Reviews, 09/15/2009, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 10/15/2009, Page 72
  • Publishers Weekly, 09/07/2009, Page 28

About the author

FRED CHAPPELL is the author of more than twenty books of poetry and fiction. He has received many major prizes, including the Bollingen Prize in Poetry from Yale University and the Award in Literature from the National Institute of Arts and Letters. He lives with his wife, Susan in Greensboro, North Carolina.

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