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D A W N
O F RE M E M B E R E D S P
R I N G
McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York City,
New York, 1972. 179 pp.
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Dawn of Remembered Spring is
a compilation of fifteen stories grouped
under “Stories,” and eleven poems under
“Poems.” The book is unique, because all
of the stories concern snakes, both in
prose and verse. Jesse Stuart had no fear of snakes
and in fact one, whom he named Old
Jackson—a black snake as thick as a
man’s arm and six feet long—kept
him company in the studio behind his
house, as he wrote. But, he was
rightfully respectful of the water
moccasin and copperhead, which appear
prominently in Stuart’s writing. Here is the well-known
reptile, Ben, and others less
well-known. So, pick up the book,
but “be careful which kind [of snake]
you pick to touch.” |
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