George Garrett
(1929 - 2008)George Garrett was born in Orlando. He attended the Sewanee Military Academy in Tennessee and The Hill School at Pottstown, Pennsylvania, graduating from the latter in 1947. He earned his BA from Princeton University in 1952, having matriculated in 1947 and having attended Columbia University in 1948-49. He also received his MA (1956) and PhD (1985) from Princeton.
Awards: PEN (1990)
Novels
The Finished Man (1960)
Which Ones Are the Enemy? (1962)
Do, Lord, Remember Me (1965)
Death Of The Fox (1971)
The Succession (1983)
Poison Pen (1986)
Entered from the Sun (1990)
The Old Army Game (1994)
The King of Babylon Shall Not Come Against You (1996)
Double Vision (2004)
Which Ones Are the Enemy? (1962)
Do, Lord, Remember Me (1965)
Death Of The Fox (1971)
The Succession (1983)
Poison Pen (1986)
Entered from the Sun (1990)
The Old Army Game (1994)
The King of Babylon Shall Not Come Against You (1996)
Double Vision (2004)
Collections
King of the Mountain (1957)
The Reverend Ghost (1957)
The Sleeping Gyspy (poems) (1958)
Abraham's Knife (poems) (1961)
In the Briar Patch (1961)
Cold Ground Was My Bed Last Night (1964)
For a Bitter Season (poems) (1967)
A Wreath for Garibaldi (1969)
The Magic Striptease (1973)
Welcome to the Medicine Show (poems) (1978)
To Recollect a Cloud of Ghosts (1979)
Luck's Shining Child (poems) (1981)
The Collected Poems of George Garrett (poems) (1984)
An Evening Performance (1985)
Days of Our Lives Lie in Fragments (poems) (1998)
Empty Bed Blues (2006)
The Reverend Ghost (1957)
The Sleeping Gyspy (poems) (1958)
Abraham's Knife (poems) (1961)
In the Briar Patch (1961)
Cold Ground Was My Bed Last Night (1964)
For a Bitter Season (poems) (1967)
A Wreath for Garibaldi (1969)
The Magic Striptease (1973)
Welcome to the Medicine Show (poems) (1978)
To Recollect a Cloud of Ghosts (1979)
Luck's Shining Child (poems) (1981)
The Collected Poems of George Garrett (poems) (1984)
An Evening Performance (1985)
Days of Our Lives Lie in Fragments (poems) (1998)
Empty Bed Blues (2006)
Plays show
Non fiction show
Books containing stories by George Garrett
The Best American Short Stories 1962 (1962)
(Best American Short Stories)
edited by
David Burnett and Martha Foley
Awards
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George Garrett recommends
Nashville 1864: The Dying of the Light (1997)
Madison Jones
"Ina year of Civil War novels... this one is, for my money, the best of the lot."
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