James Jones and the Handy Writers' Colony

by Don Sackrider, Helen Howe, George Hendrick

This story of James Jones and the Handy Colony is a popular account of one of the most unusual writing colonies ever established in the United States.

Between his Army enlistment in 1939 and the wound that sent him to a Memphis hospital in 1943, James Jones suffered the loss of both his mother and his father, a victim of suicide. Psychologically precarious, Jones drank heavily, often brawling in bars. Concerned about his erratic behavior,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809323702
• ISBN13: 9780809323708
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"