Doris June Betts (born June 4, 1932 Statesville, North Carolina) is a short story writer, novelist, essayist and Alumni Distinguished Professor Emerita at University ...
The Southern Gothic in American Literature occassionally has been defined as the way the South is, not just the way it appears in fiction. Such a definition implies a complete catalogue of the bizarre and the horrible, everything from rape and incest, murder and suicide, lynching, castration, misceg...
Doris Betts, Mark Steadman, Shirley Ann Grau
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Peachtree Publishers, Ltd.
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Bebe Sellar and her husband Jack are managing several cottages in Pickle Beach, North Carolina, when they meet Mickey McCane, an aggressive and tormented man, and together they all try to deal with the assassination of Robert Kennedy and the hot summer of 1968. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.
Doris Betts
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Touchstone
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Like a leisurely stroll along the oak-shaded paths of campus, this vibrant collection of photographs captures the heart and soul of the community that is the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. From move-in day to graduation, two hundred images trace a year in the life of Carolina students,...
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The University of North Carolina Press
0807830356
9780807830352
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The author of "Souls Raised from the Dead" offers a gripping novel that combines the suspense of a thriller with the exhilarating story of a woman's bumpy journey toward liberation. A small-town librarian with big dreams is resigned to a dull vacation with her sister and brother-in-law--until a thie...
Doris Betts
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Alfred a Knopf
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In the High Sierras, a man, a woman, and a boy, each in psychological or physical danger, come together in a dramatic, satisfying way. At the center is Luna Stone, a young woman on the way to California who dumps her self-absorbed boyfriend in Reno and hides out in the mountains near Donner Lake. Wh...
Doris Betts
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Knopf
0679450726
9780679450726
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All but one of these seven stories and one novella take place in small towns in North Carolina, and all of them concern ordinary people teetering upon the knowledge of their own insignificance. First published in 1965, this second collection of short fiction by Doris Betts evinces her breathtaking m...
Doris Betts
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Louisiana State University Press
0807120103
9780807120101
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Back in print at last, the nine beautifully crafted tales in Beasts of the Southern Wild and Other Stories display Doris Betts at the top of her form: compassionate, witty, and unforgettable. "The Ugliest Pilgrim" takes you into the adventures and into the heart of a disfigured young woman who has ...
Doris Betts
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Touchstone
0684838052
9780684838052
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For generations, books on North Carolina history have included the names of only a few women. But in addition to such well-known and legendary figures as Queen Elizabeth I and Virginia Dare, a multitude of other women influenced the making of North Carolina.
Margaret Supplee Smith, Emily Herring Wilson, Doris Betts
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The University of North Carolina Press
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