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- Wellspring
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: The University Press of Kentucky
The last book Giles published before her death in 1979, Wellspring has been out of print for years.
The nineteen selections bring together Giles's fiction, nonfiction, autobiography, and fictionalized autobiography to reveal a behind-the-scenes look at her life, her family, her love for her adopted state of Kentucky and its people, her politics, her favorite authors, her thoughts on writing, and her views of her own work. Wellspring is available again for old and new readers of Janice Holt Giles.
Janice Holt Giles (1905-1979), author of nineteen books, lived and wrote near Knifley, Kentucky, for thirty-four years. Her biography is told in Janice Holt Giles: A Writer's Life.
Table of Contents
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- RHYTHM IN WRITING
- pp. 3-10
- KINTA
- The Edge of the World
- pp. 13-25
- The Picnic
- pp. 26-36
- KENTUCKY
- The Minor Miracle
- pp. 53-68
- Wilderness Road
- pp. 73-92
- According to His Lights
- pp. 93-108
- When the 'Lectric Come to the Ridge
- pp. 109-122
- Tetch 'n Take
- pp. 123-133
- SPOUT SPRINGS
- Adios, Miss Em
- pp. 151-168
- Step by Step
- pp. 169-186
- We Built a Log House
- pp. 187-199
- Country Music
- pp. 200-204
- We Point with Pride
- pp. 205-227
- Write Me a River
- pp. 228-240
- Run Me a River
- pp. 241-261
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