| Contents |
The gift of the prodigal -- The old forest -- Promise of rain -- Bad dreams -- A friend and protector -- A walled garden -- Allegiance -- The little cousins -- A long Fourth -- Rain in the heart -- Porte cochere -- The scoutmaster -- Two ladies in retirement -- The death of a kinsman. |
| Local note | Joyner Rare copy includes autograph of author on title page. |
| Local note | Joyner Wright Coll. copy inscribed "for Stuart [Wright], with affection, Peter [Taylor]. Gainesville, January 10, 1985." Includes dust jacket. Laid in are a letter from Eleanor Ross Taylor to Wright (undated); a letter from Eleanor Ross Taylor to Wright with invitation and directions to Peter Taylor's memorial service (December 19, 1994); a letter from Allen Peacock of Henry Holt and Company to Wright (February 5, 1996); a pamphlet of Peter Taylor's 1972 founder's day address, autographed by Taylor; the dust jacket of the United Kingdom edition of The old forest (1985); and a flyer advertising Peter Taylor's A summons to Memphis (October 6, 1986). Stuart Wright Book Collection #169.23. See also related manuscript material in the Stuart Wright Collection, #1169, Peter Hillsman Taylor Papers, in Joyner Library Special Collections. |
| Other forms | Also issued online. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner Wright Coll. copy purchased from Stuart Wright, 2012 |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner Rare copy gift of Catherine Billingsley, 2016 |
| Awards note | Lillian Smith Book Award, 1985 |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Taylor, Peter, 1917-1994. Old forest and other stories. Garden City, N.Y. : Dial Press, 1985 |
| Genre/form | Short stories. |
| Genre/form | Short stories. |
| Genre/form | Fiction. |
| LCCN | 83040133 |
| ISBN | 0385279833 |
| ISBN | 9780385279833 |
