| 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 Wright Coll. copy 30372016235530 autographed on publicity page "Robert Penn Warren" and on t.p. "Peter Taylor." Occasional markings. Stuart Wright Book Collection #53.53. See also related manuscript material in the Stuart Wright Collection, #1169, Peter Hillsman Taylor Papers, in Joyner Library Special Collections. |
| Local note | Joyner Wright Coll. copy 30372017115103 autographed on title page by Peter Taylor. Laid in are a letter from Richard Nicholls, book review manager of Doubleday & Co., to review editors (December 17, 1984), a brief review by Robert Penn Warren of Peter Taylor and The old forest (ca. December 1984), a publicity announcement for The old forest (December 21, 1984), and a clipping review by Jonathan Yardley (August 20, 1984). Enclosures stored separately in item 30372017444040. Stuart Wright Book Collection #191.17. See also related manuscript material in the Stuart Wright Collection, #1169, Peter Hillsman Taylor Papers, in Joyner Library Special Collections. |
| General note | "Uncorrected proof." -- Front cover. |
| General note | "First printing." -- T.p. verso. |
| General note | "Publication date: February 1985." -- Back cover. |
| General note | Publicity data on p. [1]. |
| References |
Wright, S. Peter Taylor, A12a |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner Wright Coll. copy 30372016235530 purchased from Stuart Wright, 2010 |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner Wright Coll. copy 30372017115103 purchased from Stuart Wright, 2012 |
| ISBN | 0385279833 |
| ISBN | 9780385279833 |
