Pity Is Not Enough |
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| Author:
| Herbst, Josephine |
| Introduction by:
| Rasmussen, Mary Ann |
| Series title: | Radical Novel Reconsidered Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-252-06652-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1998 |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $24.00USD $24.00 |
Book Description:
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''I'd rather fail in story writing than succeed in anything else,'' Josephine Herbst declared in 1913. The Iowa native's Trexler family trilogy, with Pity Is Not Enough as its first volume, shows clearly that Herbst in fact succeeded at storytelling. The book draws loosely on Herbst's family history, using Reconstruction's demise in Georgia to ......
''I'd rather fail in story writing than succeed in anything else,'' Josephine Herbst declared in 1913. The Iowa native's Trexler family trilogy, with Pity Is Not Enough as its first volume, shows clearly that Herbst in fact succeeded at storytelling. The book draws loosely on Herbst's family history, using Reconstruction's demise in Georgia to ......