| The Ponder Heart Contributor(s): Welty, Eudora (Author) |
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ISBN: 0156729156 ISBN-13: 9780156729154 Publisher: Mariner Books Classics OUR PRICE: $12.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1967 Annotation: Uncle Daniel Ponder, whose fortune is exceeded only by his desire to give it away, is the talk of Clay County and a constant source of vexation for his niece, Edna Earle, whose determined efforts to thwart his generosity prove inadequate to his ingenuity. "Miss Welty at her magical best".--San Francisco Chronicle. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Humorous - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 77092140 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.30 lbs) 156 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Uncle Daniel Ponder, whose fortune is exceeded only by his desire to give it away, is a source of vexation for his niece, Edna Earle. Uncle Daniel's trial for the alleged murder of his seventeen-year-old bride is a comic masterpiece. Awarded the William Dean Howells Medal of the american Academy of Arts and Letters. Drawings by Joe Krush. |
Contributor Bio(s): Welty, Eudora: - EUDORA WELTY (1909-2001) was born in Jackson, Mississippi, and attended the Mississippi State College for Women, the University of Wisconsin, and Columbia University (where she studied advertising). In addition to short fiction, Welty wrote novels, novellas, essays, and reviews, and was the winner of both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. |