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Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida,: The Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws

Product Description: The son of a naturalist, William Bartram (1739-1823) was commissioned to undertake a tour of south-eastern North America in 1773. Collecting seeds, taking specimens and making meticulous drawings and observations of previously unknown flora and fauna, his four-year expedition took him from the foothills of the Appalachians, through Florida and on to the Mississippi...read more

By William Bartram

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9781108032667, titled "Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws" | Cambridge Univ Pr, December 8, 2011, cover price $54.99 | About this edition: The son of a naturalist, William Bartram (1739-1823) was commissioned to undertake a tour of south-eastern North America in 1773.

9780140253009 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, September 1, 1996), cover price $13.95 | About this edition: This classic narrative of travels through America's southern wilderness was first published in 1791 by botanist William Bartram.

The Red Badge of Courage and Four Stories

By Stephen Crane, James Dickey (introduced by), Jeffrey Meyers (other contributor) and R. W. Stallman (editor)

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Paperback:

9780451531803 | Reissue edition (Signet Classic, May 1, 2011), cover price $4.95

The One Voice Of James Dickey: His Letters And Life, 1970-1997

'The second volume of the letters and life of James Dickey. This volume chronicles Dickey's career from the publication of Deliverance through his poetic experimentation in The Eye Beaters, Blood, Victory, Madness, Buckhead and Mercy and Puella. Includescorrespondence with Saul Bellow, Arthur Schlesinger, and Robert Penn Warren'--Provided by publisher.

By James Dickey and Gordon Van Ness

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Hardcover:

9780826215727 | Univ of Missouri Pr, May 10, 2005, cover price $70.00 | About this edition: 'The second volume of the letters and life of James Dickey.

Ghosts

By James Dickey (introduced by) and Jane Tuckerman (photographer)

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Hardcover:

9780966677690 | Pond Pr, May 1, 2005, cover price $50.00

Classes on Modern Poets and the Art of Poetry

Product Description: Widely known as the winner of the 1966 National Book Award and author of the best-selling novel Deliverance, James Dickey devoted himself as much to the critique of the modern literary tradition as to his participation in it. A writer enthralled by teaching, he lectured at several major universities before settling at the University of South Carolina for nearly three decades as poet-in-residence...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Pat Conroy (foreword by), James Dickey and Donald J. Greiner

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9781570035289 | Univ of South Carolina Pr, March 1, 2004, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Widely known as the winner of the 1966 National Book Award and author of the best-selling novel Deliverance, James Dickey devoted himself as much to the critique of the modern literary tradition as to his participation in it.

The One Voice of James Dickey: His Letters and Life, 1942-1969

By James Dickey and Gordon Van Ness

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Hardcover:

9780826214416 | Univ of Missouri Pr, February 1, 2003, cover price $65.00

Crux: The Letters of James Dickey

A rich treasury of personal correspondence, representing more than fifty years in the life of the distinguished poet and novelist, features letters to John Berryman, Anne Sexton, Richard Wilbur, Robert Penn Warren, William Styron, Ezra Pound, and many other literary notables. 10,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

By Judith S. Baughman (editor), Matthew Joseph Bruccoli (editor) and James Dickey

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9780375404191 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, November 1, 1999, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: A treasury of personal correspondence, representing more than fifty years in the life of the poet and novelist, features letters to John Berryman, Anne Sexton, Richard Wilbur, Robert Penn Warren, and many other literary notables

The James Dickey Reader

Product Description: This collection of James Dickey's poems and prose includes choice selections of the author's poetry, fiction, and essays, as well as some early unpublished poetry and excerpts from his unfinished novel Crux. Organized chronologically by genre, this is the definitive collection of works by one of the twentieth century's most important talents...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By James Dickey and Henry Hart (editor)

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9780684864358 | Touchstone Books, August 4, 1999, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: This collection of James Dickey's poems and prose includes choice selections of the author's poetry, fiction, and essays, as well as some early unpublished poetry and excerpts from his unfinished novel Crux.

To the White Sea

Presents the tale of an American pilot shot down during the firebombing raid on Tokyo near the end of World War II, whose escape becomes a violent journey of self-exploration

By James Dickey

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Hardcover:

9781568950464 | Large print edition (Wheeler Pub Inc, February 1, 1994), cover price $25.95 | About this edition: Presents the tale of an American pilot shot down during the firebombing raid on Tokyo near the end of World War II, whose escape becomes a violent journey of self-exploration

9780395475652 | Houghton Mifflin, September 1, 1993, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Presents the tale of an American pilot shot down during the firebombing raid on Tokyo near the end of World War II, whose escape becomes a violent journey of self-exploration

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9780385313094 | Reissue edition (Delta, October 1, 1994), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: An American tail gunner parachutes from his burning airplane into Tokyo near the close of World War II and begins a harrowing odyssey culminating in a violent test of manhood

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781578150304 | Media Books Llc, February 1, 1999, cover price $7.95

9781561005437 | Unabridged edition (Brilliance Audio, October 1, 1993), cover price $21.95

9781561003556 | Abridged edition (Brilliance Audio, October 1, 1993), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: When an American pilot is shot down during a firebombing raid on Tokyo near the end of World War II, his escape becomes a violent journey of self-exploration.

9781561001705 | Unabridged edition (Brilliance Audio Lib Edn, October 1, 1993), cover price $57.25 | About this edition: When an American pilot is shot down during a firebombing raid on Tokyo near the end of World War II, his escape becomes a violent journey of self-exploration.

James Dickey: The Selected Poems

Brings together the finest work from each of the periods in an American poet's extremely controversial career, covering more than three decades of work and a wide variety of literary styles. Simultaneous. UP.

By James Dickey and Robert Kirschten

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Hardcover:

9780819522597 | Wesleyan Univ Pr, August 1, 1998, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Works by the controversial poet express his thoughts on such subjects as women, animals, and morality.

Paperback:

9780819522603 | Wesleyan Univ Pr, September 1, 1998, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Works by the controversial poet express his thoughts on such subjects as women, animals, and morality.

Striking in: The Early Notebooks of James Dickey

By Gordon Van Ness (introduced by)

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Hardcover:

9780826261786 | Univ of Missouri Pr, June 1, 1996, cover price $50.00 | also contains Striking in: The Early Notebooks of James Dickey

9780826210562 | Univ of Missouri Pr, May 1, 1996, cover price $50.00

Striking in: The Early Notebooks of James Dickey

By Gordon Van Ness (introduced by)

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9780826261786 | Univ of Missouri Pr, June 1, 1996, cover price $50.00 | also contains Striking in: The Early Notebooks of James Dickey

Deliverance

Four suburban businessmen take a canoe trip along a Georgia river, an odyssey that pits their courage against the river's raging rapids and the most primitive human impulses of fear, lust, and murder

By James Dickey

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Hardcover:

9780848804763 | Amereon Ltd, October 1, 1994, cover price $33.95 | About this edition: The setting is the Georgia wilderness, where the states most remote white-water river awaits.

9780922890965 | Reprint edition (Armchair Detective Library, July 1, 1991), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Four suburban businessmen take a canoe trip along a Georgia river, an odyssey that pits their courage against the river's raging rapids and the most primitive human impulses of fear, lust, and murder

9780395076132 | Houghton Mifflin, June 1, 1970, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: A mildly adventurous three-day canoe trip becomes a nightmare struggle for survival

Paperback:

9780747540885 | New edition (Bloomsbury Pub Ltd, July 16, 1998), cover price $12.30

9789990060133 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, October 1, 1994, cover price $0.02

9780385313872 | Reprint edition (Delta, September 1, 1994), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Four suburban businessmen take a canoe trip along a Georgia river, an odyssey that pits their courage against the river's raging rapids and the most primitive human impulses of fear, lust, and murder

9780440318682 | Laurel Leaf, May 1, 1986, cover price $3.95 | About this edition: A three-day canoe trip down a North Georgia river turns into a nightmarish struggle for survival

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780886464943 | Abridged edition (Dh Audio, May 1, 1999), cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Four suburban businessmen take a canoe trip along a Georgia river, an odyssey that pits their courage against the river's raging rapids and the most primitive human impulses of fear, lust, and murder.

9780886461553 | Dh Audio, November 1, 1986, cover price $16.99

Prebinding:

9780613171694 | Turtleback Books, March 1, 2001, cover price $22.20 | About this edition: Four suburban businessmen take a canoe trip along a Georgia river, an odyssey that pits their courage against the river's raging rapids and the most primitive human impulses of fear, lust, and murder

The Whole Motion: Collected Poems, 1945-1992

Features more than two hundred poems, including previously unpublished works, documenting the development of a major literary figure who has greatly influenced a younger generation of poets (view table of contents)

By James Dickey

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Hardcover:

9780819522023 | Wesleyan Univ Pr, June 1, 1992, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Features more than two hundred poems, including previously unpublished works, documenting the development of a major literary figure who has greatly influenced a younger generation of poets

Paperback:

9780819512185 | Wesleyan Univ Pr, March 1, 1994, cover price $32.95 | About this edition: Features more than two hundred poems, including previously unpublished works, documenting the development of a major literary figure who has greatly influenced a younger generation of poets

Southern Light

Product Description: Photographs in color by James Valentine. Text by James Dickey.

By James Dickey (contributor) and James Valentine (photographer)

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9780848707309 | Oxmoor House, October 1, 1991, cover price $50.00 | About this edition: Photographs in color by James Valentine.

The Eagle's Mile

Product Description: A book of new poems by a major writer is an event. A book of new poems that marks a different, more powerful approach is cause for celebration. âWhat I looked for here,â James Dickey tells us about The Eagleâs Mile, âwas a flicker of light âfrom another direction,â and when I caught it â or thought I did â I followed where it went, for better or worse...read more

By James Dickey

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Hardcover:

9780819521859 | Wesleyan Univ Pr, November 1, 1990, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: A book of new poems by a major writer is an event.

Paperback:

9780819511874 | Wesleyan Univ Pr, October 1, 1990, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Poems reveal impressions of such topics as love, nature, aging, family, imagination, and death

9780897230292, titled "Eagle's Mile" | Bruccoli-Clark Layman, June 1, 1981, cover price $90.00 | About this edition: A book of new poems by a major writer is an event.

Wayfarer: A Voice from the Southern Mountains

The author reveals the paradise of the Southern mountains through the monologue of an old mountain man; colorful photographs display the beauty and wonder of this remote area

By William Blake and James Dickey

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Hardcover:

9780848706913 | Oxmoor House, October 1, 1988, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: The author reveals the paradise of the Southern mountains through the monologue of an old mountain man; colorful photographs display the beauty and wonder of this remote area

Alnilam

During the Second World War, Frank Cahill, recently blinded, is compelled to learn about his son's mysterious demise and enigmatic life

By James Dickey

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Hardcover:

9780385242585 | Limited edition (Doubleday, July 1, 1987), cover price $125.00 | About this edition: In the early days of World War II, a blind man sets off in search of the son he never knew, a charismatic Air Force pilot supposedly killed in a training accident.

9780385065498 | Doubleday, June 1, 1987, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: During the Second World War, Frank Cahill, recently blinded, is compelled to learn about his son's mysterious demise and enigmatic life

Paperback:

9781558170865 | Reprint edition (Pinnacle Books, August 1, 1988), cover price $4.95 | About this edition: During the Second World War, Frank Cahill, recently blinded, is compelled to learn about his son's mysterious demise and enigmatic life

Bronwen, the Traw, and the Shape-Shifter: A Poem in Four Parts

A narrative poem in which a young girl battles with the elements she finds in the night.

By James Dickey and Richard Jesse Watson

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School and Library:

9780152125806 | Harcourt Childrens Books, September 1, 1986, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: A narrative poem in which a young girl battles with the elements she finds in the night.

Twentieth Century Poets

By W. H. Auden, James Dickey, Langston Hughes, Stephen Spender, Richard Wilbur and W. B. Yeats

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Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780816197057 | Unabridged edition (G K Hall Audio Books, March 1, 1986), cover price $49.95

Oystering: A Way of Life

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By James Dickey, Jack Leigh and Charles L. Wyrick, Jr. (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780910326179 | Carolina Art Assn, June 1, 1985, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: This is an example product description.

Sorties

Product Description: James Dickey's creativity as a poet is well known. But there have been few opportunities for his readers to become familiar with the full dimensions of his mind, with the thoughts and perceptions that lie just outside the matter of his poetry...read more

By James Dickey

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9780807111406 | Reprint edition (Louisiana State Univ Pr, April 1, 1984), cover price $20.95 | About this edition: James Dickey's creativity as a poet is well known.

Self-Interviews

Product Description: In Self-Interviews, James Dickey speaks thoughtfully and with candor of his life as a poet. He recalls how poetry came to be his career, tracing its growing importance in his life from his youth in Georgia through his years overseas with the Air Force, as a student at Vanderbilt, as a teacher, and as a successful advertising executive...read more

By James Dickey

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9780807111413 | Reprint edition (Louisiana State Univ Pr, April 1, 1984), cover price $20.95 | About this edition: In Self-Interviews, James Dickey speaks thoughtfully and with candor of his life as a poet.

God's Images: A New Vision

The acclaimed poet's reflections on fifty-three Old and New Testament passages are accompanied by Marvin Hayes' distinctive etchings

By James Dickey and Marvin Hayes (illustrator)

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Hardcover:

9780816421947 | Harper San Francisco, January 1, 1984, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: The acclaimed poet's reflections on fifty-three Old and New Testament passages are accompanied by Marvin Hayes' distinctive etchings

Intervisions: Poems and Photographs

By James Dickey

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Hardcover:

9780961188207 | Visualternatives, December 1, 1983, cover price $22.95

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