The Beginning

Patrick D. Smith *INSCRIBED*

ISBN 10: 1561641529 / ISBN 13: 9781561641529

Published by Pineapple Press, 1998

About this Item

Florida History. A novel of Civil Rights. Beautiful copy issued in blue cloth boards with black titles. Gorgeous dust jacket, which has light edge wear. 324 pages. Inscribed by author on front flyleaf. Scarce title by this popular Florida author! Seller Inventory # 1118049

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Beginning

Publisher: Pineapple Press

Publication Date: 1998

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

The uneasy peace of a small Southern town in the 1960s erupts into violence with the arrival of civil rights workers from Washington, in a story of misunderstanding, inability to change, personal convictions, and man's inhumanity to man

About the Author:

Patrick Smith was born in Mendenhall, and educated at the University of Mississippi. He moved to Florida in 1966. In 1995 he was elected by the Southern Academy of Letters, Arts and Sciences for its highest literary award, The Order of the South. In 1996 he was named a Florida Ambassador of the Arts.