Lamb in His Bosom (Modern Southern Classics) - Softcover

Miller, Carolyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1561450758 ISBN 13: 9781561450756

Publisher: Peachtree Pub Ltd, 1993

Synopsis

In 1934, Caroline Miller's novel LAMB IN HIS BOSOM won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature. It was the first novel by a Georgian to win a Pulitzer, soon followed by Margaret Mitchell's GONE WITH THE WIND in 1937. In fact, LAMB was largely responsible for the discovery of GONE WITH THE WIND; after reading Miller's novel, Macmillan editor Harold S. Latham sought out other southern novels and authors, and found Margaret Mitchell.

Caroline Miller was fascinated by the other Old South-not the romantic inhabitant of GONE WITH THE WIND, but rather the poor people of the south Georgia backwoods, who never owned a slave or planned to fight a war. The story of Cean and Lonzo, a young couple who begin their married lives two decades before the Civil War, LAMB IN HIS BOSOM is a fascinating account of social customs and material realities among settlers of the Georgia frontier. At the same time, LAMB IN HIS BOSOM transcends regional history as Miller's quietly lyrical prose style plays poignant tribute to a woman's life lived close to nature-the nature outside her, and the nature within.

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Raymond and Nelda are the best of friends. But one day, Nelda twirls for Raymond and falls down. Raymond laughs at her. Now the two aren't speaking. But life isn't nearly as much fun without a best friend to share it with.

About the Author:

Caroline Miller was born in Waycross, Georgia, in 1904, and lived in Baxley, Georgia, until 1934. Shortly after graduating from high school, she married William D. Miller, her high school English teacher, and had three children. She began traveling through rural south Georgia, interviewing the people she met and planning a novel; as she had not attended college, her husband taught her about literature. "He was my college," she said.

The success of LAMB IN HIS BOSOM and her resulting celebrity after winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1934 made it difficult for her to resume her former life in Baxley. She and her husband divorced, and she moved to Biloxi, Mississippi, and then to Waynesville, North Carolina. She remarried and had two more children. Her second novel, LEBANON, was published in 1944.

Caroline Miller died in Waynesville in 1992. Until her death, she wrote everyday, leaving numerous unpublished manuscripts.

About this edition

• Publisher: Peachtree Pub Ltd
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 1561450758
• ISBN 13: 9781561450756
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368