
This is a novel about hopeful perseverance in the face of mortality, and features some of Faulkner's most memorable characters: guileless, dauntless Lena Grove, in search of the father of her unborn child; Reverend Gail Hightower, who is plagued by vision of Confederate horsemen; and Joe Christmas, a desperate, enigmatic drifter consumed by his mixed ancestry.
year: 1968, 1979, 1959, 1950, 1967, 1972
call number/section: 1000
subjects: racially mixed people, fiction, murder, homicide, mississippi, fiction, drifters, pregnant women, faulkner, william, 1897-1962, mississippi, fiction
Editions

Faulkner, William
distributed by McGraw-Hill (1968)
Joe Christmas, who appears to be white but is part African-American, kills Joanna Burden, a spinster with whom he has had an affair. He is captured, castrated, and killed by outraged townspeople.
Schools: 4

Faulkner, William
Franklin Library (1979)
Schools: 0

Faulkner, William
Vintage International (1959)
This is a novel about hopeful perseverance in the face of mortality, and features some of Faulkner's most memorable characters: guileless, dauntless Lena Grove, in search of the father of her unborn child; Reverend Gail Hightower, who is plagued by vision of Confederate horsemen; and Joe Christmas, a desperate, enigmatic drifter consumed by his mixed ancestry.
Schools: 1
Faulkner, William
Modern Library (1950)
Schools: 0
Faulkner, William
Random House (1967)
Schools: 0
Faulkner, William
Vintage (1972)
Schools: 0
Faulkner, William
Random House (1967)
Schools: 0
Faulkner, William
Random House (1972)
Schools: 0
Faulkner, William
Random House (1967)
Schools: 0
Faulkner, William
Modern Library (1950)
Schools: 0
Faulkner, William
Schools: 0
Faulkner, William
Schools: 0