Francis Irby Gwaltney Destiny's Chickens and 12 similar items

DESTINY'S CHICKENS By Francis Irby Gwaltney Indianapolis/New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1973). First edition, first printing (stated). Advance reading copy: Trade-size paperback. Mild age-toning to the spine, else near fine in printed white wraps. Gwaltney served in the World War II where he met Norman Mailer who later assisted him in writing his first novel, The Yeller-Headed Summer (1954). Gwaltney's most famous novel based on his war experiences was The Day the Century Ended filmed as Between Heaven and Hell (1956). In Destiny's Chickens two Korean War veterans return home to Arkansas and find a changing social structure in the small town of Parson Mills in the new postwar South. One climbs the social ladder and becomes the richest man in town and the other among the "class" of the town becomes the most influential as the president of the college, soon there is a "searing confrontation between the two." PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT BOOKS THANKS!! Created by Seller's Assistant Basic.