num_pages: 688
description: This collection of ninety-six stories was first published in 1953 and presents the best of Erskine Caldwell's short fiction from his most productive period of work. Included is "Crown-Fire," which James Dickey praised as "the best story in the language," and such personal favorites of Caldwell as "Country Full of Swedes," "The Windfall," "Horse Thief," "Yellow Girl," and "Kneel to the Rising Sun."
language: English
title: The Stories of Erskine Caldwell
titlecomplete: The Stories of Erskine Caldwell (Brown Thrasher Books Ser.)
genres: Fiction, American, Short Stories, Anthologies, Humor, Literature, Classics
ratings_count: 134
publisher: University of Georgia Press