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Author: Jewel Gibson
ISBN: 9780890967973

de Jewel Gibson; Introduction by Sylvia Ann Grider

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Praised as superb satire by critics and damned as wicked by more than one Texas community, this novel follows one curmudgeonly religious leader's crusade against Spring Creek's Baptists, Holy Rollers, and nonbelievers. Joshua Ebenezer Beene, as chief elder of the Church of Christ of Spring Creek Community, president of the school board, justice of the peace, and self-appointed game warden, regularly summons God to seek advice on how to carry out his crusade - which, as the novel opens, has taken on a special urgency. Alerted by the Biblical admonition that "the days of our years are three score years and ten", Joshua believes he has one final year among the living to claim victory in his long-running battle with the town sinners before claiming his heavenly reward.

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Título Joshua Beene and God
Autor Jewel Gibson; Introduction by Sylvia Ann Grider
Encuadernación Tapa blanda
Páginas 256
Volúmenes 1
Idioma ENG
Editorial Texas A&M University Press
Fecha de publicación 1997-11
ISBN 9780890967973 / 0890967970
Peso 0.68 libras (0.31 kg)
Dimensiones 8 x 5.22 x 0.67 pulgadas (20.32 x 13.26 x 1.70 cm)
Temas
- Demographic Orientation: Small Town
- Geographic Orientation: Texas
Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 97033407
Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Jewel Gibson (1904-89) wrote a second novel, Black Gold, nine plays, a musical, as well as a number of newspaper feature stories. She taught for forty-three years at the high school and college levels, raised a family, and enjoyed sixty years of marriage. Interviewed by a reporter in 1971, she said, "I feel that God and I understand each other."

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