The Resource The homecoming; : a novel about Spencer's Mountain, Earl Hamner
The homecoming; : a novel about Spencer's Mountain, Earl Hamner
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The item The homecoming; : a novel about Spencer's Mountain, Earl Hamner represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Noble County Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item The homecoming; : a novel about Spencer's Mountain, Earl Hamner represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Noble County Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- When Clay Spencer fails to arrive home at the expected hour on Christmas Eve of 1933, his family grows concerned. While his seven brothers and sisters and his mother keep vigil the older son, Clay-boy, goes in search of his father. But on his journey through the snowbound Virginia hills, the boy experiences a series of hazardous, touching and hilarious adventures.His life is endangered by an enraged deer, the family's honor is threatened by a well-meaning outsider, and unexpected help is provided by the fearsome county sheriff. An encounter with the neighborhood Negro community church teaches Clay-boy a lesson in race relations and, while taking refuge from a snowstorm, he is overwhelmed by the intoxicating hospitality of two elderly genteel lady bootleggers.Finally, at midnight, when all hope for him has been abandoned, Clay Spencer provides a surprising climax to the story, and in a single moment illuminates the triumph of the human spirit. Rich with life that rings true, filled with nostalgia, laughter and tears, The Homecoming is a warm and wonderful classic of American literature
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The homecoming; : a novel about Spencer's Mountain
- Title
- The homecoming;
- Title remainder
- a novel about Spencer's Mountain
- Statement of responsibility
- Earl Hamner
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- When Clay Spencer fails to arrive home at the expected hour on Christmas Eve of 1933, his family grows concerned. While his seven brothers and sisters and his mother keep vigil the older son, Clay-boy, goes in search of his father. But on his journey through the snowbound Virginia hills, the boy experiences a series of hazardous, touching and hilarious adventures.His life is endangered by an enraged deer, the family's honor is threatened by a well-meaning outsider, and unexpected help is provided by the fearsome county sheriff. An encounter with the neighborhood Negro community church teaches Clay-boy a lesson in race relations and, while taking refuge from a snowstorm, he is overwhelmed by the intoxicating hospitality of two elderly genteel lady bootleggers.Finally, at midnight, when all hope for him has been abandoned, Clay Spencer provides a surprising climax to the story, and in a single moment illuminates the triumph of the human spirit. Rich with life that rings true, filled with nostalgia, laughter and tears, The Homecoming is a warm and wonderful classic of American literature
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hamner, Earl
- Dewey number
- 813/.5/4
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
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- PS3558.A456
- PZ4.H227
- LC item number
- Ho
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Mountain life
- Rural families
- Blue Ridge Mountains
- Label
- The homecoming; : a novel about Spencer's Mountain, Earl Hamner
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 14512064
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 115 pages
- Lccn
- 78019844
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (DLC) 78019844
- (Sirsi) l78019844
- Label
- The homecoming; : a novel about Spencer's Mountain, Earl Hamner
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 14512064
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 115 pages
- Lccn
- 78019844
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (DLC) 78019844
- (Sirsi) l78019844
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