About this title: Fifteen years after the death of her husband and son - years spent in a Dallas asylum - Hannah Hunnicutt is laid to rest between them in their small northeast Texas hometown. All three tombstones, however, bear the same date: May 18, 1939. From that event, Home from the Hill unfolds a powerful tale, told in flashback, that explains the tragic date: the volatile relationship between genteel, brooding Hannah and her charismatic, wayward husband, Wade; the arduous effects on their son, Theron, divided between emulating the father he admires and returning his mother's love; Theron's affection for ...
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Laurel Press
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780440336723ISBN:0440336724
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. mmp 16a2 solid reading copy, next day shipping read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 1958
Description: Very Good in Good jacket. HC 1st and 2nd printings before pub. (pub. Jan 13, 1958), w/Borzoi emblem rear cover, w/DJ w/edge wear, 2 tears repaired w/clear tape; VG/Good. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Inc.
Date Published: 1958
Description: Acceptable. The binding is cracked. The front cover has a distinct forward lean. No dust jacket. Wear to the covers in the form of fade. Stamped on the inside cover page. The text clean and presentable. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Perma Books
Date Published: 1959
Description: Good Plus. M4128. Moderate rubbing to edges, tight square copy; very good internally. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Vintage Paperbacks Inventory No: 028764. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Permabooks, New York
Date Published: 1959
Description: Good. Second printing paperback, Permabooks, 1959. Good. Light cover wear. Photos of Robert Mitchum and Eleanor Parker on the front from the movie, photos of George Hamilton on the back cover. 314 pp. read more
"Being from Clarksville myself, I found the book to be so heartwarming. I felt like I was home with every page I turned. Even though this book is several decades old, Mr. Humphrey draws a picture so clear that I can relate a current day Clarksvillian to a character in this book. The novel was so good, I ordered all of his books."
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