Walking Across Egypt

Name: Walking Across Egypt
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ISBN: 9780345346490

ISBN-10: 0345346491

ISBN-13: 9780345346490

Edition: N/A

Authors: Clyde Edgerton, Clyde Edgerton

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"An unpretentious, finely-crafted novel that will linger with the readers like the last strains of a favorite hymn. It is more enjoyable than a pitcher full of sweet tea and one of Mattie's home-cooked dinners." THE ATLANTA JOURNAL & CONSTITUTION She had as much business keeping a stray dog as she had walking across Egypt--which not so incidentally is the title of her favorite hymn. She's Mattie Rigsbee, an independent, strong-minded senior citizen, who at 78, might be slowing down just a bit. When young, delinquent Wesley Benfield drops in on her life, he is even less likely a companion than the stray dog. But, of course, the dog never tasted her mouth-watering pound cake....Wise witty,…

Book details

List price: $7.99
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 2/12/1988
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 4.25" wide x 7.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.242
Language: English

Clyde Edgerton was born on May 20, 1944 in Durham, North Carolina , and attended the University of North Carolina, where he received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. Edgerton was a pilot in the U. S. Air Force until he decided to return to teaching at both the high school and university levels. Edgerton's classic southern novels are set in North Carolina, where he has firsthand experience. His novels have received notable books of the year awards from the New York Times and Publisher's Weekly, and he has also received a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Lyndhurst Fellowship.