The Optimist's Daughter.

New York, NY Random House: Vintage, 1978. Paperback First Edition Thus (1978), so stated. First Edition Thus (1978), so stated. Very Good+ to Near Fine in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: just a hint of wear to extremities; the mildest rubbing to the panels; foxing to the outside edges of the text block and endpapers; deep tanning to the text pages; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing the very mildest wear and some cosmetic flaws. Close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. (6.85 x 4.25 x 0.65 inches). 208 pages. Language: English. Weight: 4 ounces. Trade Paperback. Eudora Alice Welty (1909 – 2001) was an American author of short stories and novels about the American South. This novel The Optimist's Daughter won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. Welty was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among numerous awards including the Order of the South. She was the first living author to have her works published by the Library of America. Her house in Jackson, Mississippi has been designated as a National Historic Landmark and is open to the public as a house museum. Welty gave a series of addresses at Harvard University, revised and published as One Writer's Beginnings (Harvard, 1983). It was the first book published by Harvard University Press to be a New York Times Best Seller (at least 32 weeks on the list), and runner up for the 1984 National Book Award for Nonfiction. In 1992, she was awarded the Rea Award for the Short Story for her lifetime contributions to the American short story. Welty was a charter member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers, founded in 1987.