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- catalog abstract "In 1946, at the age of 41, Janice Holt Giles wrote her first novel. Thee years later, when her sixth novel appeared, Janice Holt Giles's works had accumulated sales of nearly two million copies. Between 1950 and 1975 she wrote twenty-four books, most of which were bestsellers, regularly reviewed in the New York Times, and selected for inclusion in popular book clubs. Dianne Watkins Stuart, for years the acknowledged expert on Giles's work, has traced the path of her unique life. Stuart walked around the small house where Giles's brother was born and The Kinta Years (1973) had its origin, wandered through the yard where The Plum Thicket (1954) grew, and made countless trips to Adair County, Kentucky, to trace the trails of the Piney Ridge trilogy (The Enduring Hills, Miss Willie, Tara's Healing) and seek out the day-to-day life of her later years.".
- catalog contributor b10879783.
- catalog coverage "Kentucky Biography.".
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description "Dianne Watkins Stuart, for years the acknowledged expert on Giles's work, has traced the path of her unique life. Stuart walked around the small house where Giles's brother was born and The Kinta Years (1973) had its origin, wandered through the yard where The Plum Thicket (1954) grew, and made countless trips to Adair County, Kentucky, to trace the trails of the Piney Ridge trilogy (The Enduring Hills, Miss Willie, Tara's Healing) and seek out the day-to-day life of her later years.".
- catalog description "In 1946, at the age of 41, Janice Holt Giles wrote her first novel. Thee years later, when her sixth novel appeared, Janice Holt Giles's works had accumulated sales of nearly two million copies. Between 1950 and 1975 she wrote twenty-four books, most of which were bestsellers, regularly reviewed in the New York Times, and selected for inclusion in popular book clubs.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-253) and index.".
- catalog description "Words and music, 1899-1901 -- Prairie winds, 1901-1917 -- The City, 1917-1924 -- Distance, 1924-1939 -- The move to Kentucky, 1939-1941 -- Journeys, 1941-1943 -- Newlyweds, 1943-1945 -- Inbetweenst the work, 1945-1949 -- Drawn from real life, 1949-1950 -- His and hers, 1950-1951 -- Good companions, 1951-1952 -- Back to the ridge and beyond, 1952-1954 -- The Plum thicket, 1954-1955 -- Hannah Fowler, 1955-1956 -- Dedicated writer, 1956-1957 -- Dead ducks, 1957 -- A place of her own, 1957-1958 -- West with the fiction, 1958-1959 -- Religion and politics, 1959-1962 -- Running the river, 1962-1963 -- Pain of parting, 1963-1964 -- Lump in the throat, 1964 -- Reunion, 1965 -- Home to come home to, 1965-1967 -- Up the holler, 1967-1968 -- No dreary moments, 1968-1969 -- Research, 1969-1970 -- Green bough in the heart, 1970-1971 -- Act of contrition, 1971-1973 -- Recognition, 1973-1978 -- Writing about writing, 1978-1979.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 261 p., [16] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Janice Holt Giles.".
- catalog identifier "0813120950 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Janice Holt Giles.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky,".
- catalog relation "Janice Holt Giles.".
- catalog spatial "Kentucky Biography.".
- catalog spatial "Kentucky".
- catalog subject "813/.54 b 21".
- catalog subject "Giles, Janice Holt.".
- catalog subject "Novelists, American 20th century Biography.".
- catalog subject "PS3513.I4628 Z88 1998".
- catalog subject "Women novelists, American 20th century Biography.".
- catalog subject "Women novelists, American Kentucky Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Words and music, 1899-1901 -- Prairie winds, 1901-1917 -- The City, 1917-1924 -- Distance, 1924-1939 -- The move to Kentucky, 1939-1941 -- Journeys, 1941-1943 -- Newlyweds, 1943-1945 -- Inbetweenst the work, 1945-1949 -- Drawn from real life, 1949-1950 -- His and hers, 1950-1951 -- Good companions, 1951-1952 -- Back to the ridge and beyond, 1952-1954 -- The Plum thicket, 1954-1955 -- Hannah Fowler, 1955-1956 -- Dedicated writer, 1956-1957 -- Dead ducks, 1957 -- A place of her own, 1957-1958 -- West with the fiction, 1958-1959 -- Religion and politics, 1959-1962 -- Running the river, 1962-1963 -- Pain of parting, 1963-1964 -- Lump in the throat, 1964 -- Reunion, 1965 -- Home to come home to, 1965-1967 -- Up the holler, 1967-1968 -- No dreary moments, 1968-1969 -- Research, 1969-1970 -- Green bough in the heart, 1970-1971 -- Act of contrition, 1971-1973 -- Recognition, 1973-1978 -- Writing about writing, 1978-1979.".
- catalog title "Janice Holt Giles : a writer's life / Dianne Watkins Stuart.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".