
James Dickey, acclaimed poet-novelist and author of award-winning Jericho: The South Beheld reveals a paradise preserved through the soothing, yet hauntingly tragic monologue of an old mountain man. Over 117 glorious, full-color photographs.
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1923–1997
James Lafayette Dickey was an American poet and novelist. He was appointed the eighteenth United States Poet Laureate in 1966. He also received the Order of the South award. Dickey is best known for his novel Deliverance (1970), which was adapted into the acclaimed 1972 film of the same name.
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