Faithfully Yours: The Letters of Byron Herbert Reece

Byron Herbert Reece (1917-1958). Renowned Appalachian poet, novelist, and farmer, Byron Herbert Reece lived most of his life on a farm. There he composed, to critical acclaim, four volumes of poetry and two novels. Reece was a five-time recipient of the Georgia Writers Association literary achievement award and was nominated for a Pulitizer Prize in poetry. He was twice the recipient of the prestigious Guggenheim Award. Reece served as poet-in-residence at the University of California at Los Angeles, Emory University, and Young Harris College. Suffering from tuberculosis, Reece took his own life three months before his forty-first birthday on the campus of Young Harris College.

Author: Raymond Cook
Publisher: Cherokee Publishing Company (GA)
Published: 09/28/2007
Pages: 140
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.33d
ISBN: 9780877973744