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CREEKMORE, HUBERT Cotton Country or the Fingers of Night
Bantam Books, 1950. Mass Market Paperback. Fair. Cover edge wear & corner creasing, multiple internal tears on spine, pages toned, front hinge loosening, general shelf wear. 1950 Mass Market Paperback. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: "'Hubert Creekmore, born January 16, 1907, was a native of the small Mississippi town, Water Valley. Creekmore, born into one of the oldest Southern families of the area, would grow up to embody ideals much different than the conservative Southern principles by which he was raised. Creekmore was a very educated man, having received his education from a broad spectrum of locations. He studied at the University of Mississippi, graduating from Ole Miss in 1927. He then went on to study drama at the University of Colorado and play writing at Yale University with George Pierce Baker. Then, in 1940, he was awarded a Masters in American literature from Columbia University. After finishing his education, he was sent to serve in the Navy during World War II. He actively served in the Pacific for three years. Some of his earlier works as a poet (such as The Long Reprieve) were penned while he was stationed in the Pacific. Due to his high level of education (as well as the fact that he was a closet homosexual), Creekmore experienced conflict regarding living in Mississippi. He felt that Mississippi was not a proper environment for a poet such as himself and that the cultural depravity (or so he thought) of rural, small-town Mississippi would not allow him to reach his full potential as a literary artist. There was not much work for Creekmore to do in Mississippi. He worked for the Mississippi Highway Department for a bit, also writing scripts for local theatrical productions on the side (work which was a bit more to his liking). During the Great Depression, however, he was able to involve himself with the Federal Writer's Project (a program created by Franklin Roosevelt to help support writers during the economic downturn. The program also encouraged writers to compile local literature and folklore, much like the Brothers Grimm had done in Germany almost a century before). Although Creekmore thought Mississippi a bit droll, he did have a circle of educated friends with whom he could associate.".
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