The Butterfly Tree - Couverture souple

Bell, Robert E.; Rountree, Thomas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0817305602 ISBN 13 : 9780817305604

Editeur : University Alabama Press, 1991

Synopsis

A love affair with a place—the legendary eastern shore of Mobile Bay

“There are four buses that leave Mobile daily for Moss Bayou. No matter what time the trains get in from New Orleans or Birmingham, you still have to wait around half the day for one of theses buses if you want to get to Moss Bayou. And a good many people do, for Moss Bayou is a lovely, easygoing resort town, located as it where Magnolia River runs into the bay with worlds of giant live oaks and sandy roads that wind forever under the trailing Spanish moss.”

So begins Robert Bell’s novel that is most of all about a love affair with a place—the legendary eastern shore of Mobile Bay. Published in 1959, the story centers on young Peter Abbott who is about to reach his 21st birthday while visiting the bay area. Peter is drawn into a search for the mythical Butterfly Tree, and finds fulfillment and an end to innocence. In his introduction, Thomas Rountree helps set the stage for a step back in time, and a slowing of pace, as we seek the timeless magic of a special locale that happens to be in Alabama, and in each of us.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Robert E. Bell, a career librarian and author of award winning reference works, lives in Davis, California.

Thomas J. Rountree is Professor of English at the University of South Alabama.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University Alabama Press
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0817305602
• ISBN 13: 9780817305604
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 262
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible