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FRANKLIN LIBRARY LAMB IN HIS BOSOM Caroline Miller Illustrated by Roland Descombes Beautiful Topgrain Leather Limited Edition WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION IN 1934, from "The Library of Pulitzer Prize Fiction" Collection Caroline Miller was the first person from Georgia to win a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, in 1934, for her novel Lamb in His Bosom . The novel also earned France's Prix Femina that year and became an immediate best seller . Lamb in His Bosom was soon followed by Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind, which won the Pulitzer 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 other southern novels and authors, and found Margaret Mitchell. Caroline Miller was fascinated by the other Old South--not the romantic inhabitants 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, the book transcends regional history as Miller's quietly lyrical prose style pays poignant tribute to a woman's life lived close to nature--the nature outside her and the nature within. Caroline Miller was born in Waycross, Georgia, on August 26 th , 1903 , 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. Her husband taught her about literature; she has said of him, "He was my college." Hoping to write a novel, she traveled through rural south Georgia, interviewing the people she met. 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, where Miller remarried. She had two more children with her second husband. Miller continued to write, selling features and short stories to newspapers and magazines. She wrote every day until her death on July 12, 1992, leaving a large number of unpublished manuscripts. Her only other novel to be published was called Lebanon , and was published in 1944. This beautiful book features: Top Grade Full Tooled Leather Dark Brown Binding Hubbed Tooled Leather Spine Lovely Olive Green Satin bookmark, sewn in Elaborate 22-karat gold and ornamentation on the spine, front and back boards Gilding on all page edges, to protect against dust and moisture Decorative Olive Green French silk moire end papers Beautifully reproduced illustrations Acid neutral paper, designed to last generations without discoloring or degrading Acid-free leaves Smyth-sewn for longevity, durability and readability VERY GOOD Exterior Condition FINE Interior Condition 324 Pages There are no previous owner's bookplates, names, marks or writing of any kind. The corners and edges are sharp, and the gilt is bright and clean with minor imperfections. The bindings are square and tight, with clean covers and crisp white pages. This book has never been read, or even fully opened. The silk endpapers are perfect. There are three scratches on the spine, a light rub near the top edge of the spine, a dent at the spine edge of the front cover, and a 1/16" white mark near the bottom corner of the front cover - please see the photographs. The book's interior is perfect. Every book you buy from us will be wrapped and packed securely in a sturdy new box for shipment to you. WE NEVER SHIP IN PADDED ENVELOPES, because books are frequently damaged this way, particularly their delicate corners. USPS Delivery confirmation will be purchas... read more

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