Preview
Creation Date
1931
Description
Gift of Richard N. Hurley.
Publisher
Pocket Books
Style/Period
Mid-twentieth century, Pulp Fiction
Culture
American
Materials/Techniques
covers (gathered matter components), paperbacks
Measurements
6.5 x 4.25 in.
Inscription
[logo of a kangaroo reading a book, for Pocket Books, top left]: THE POCKET BOOK OF; [center]: Erskine Caldwell STORIES; [bottom]: 31 of the finest short stories, complete and unabridged,/ by the author of God's Little Acre, etc. Selected/ with an introduction by Henry Seidel Canby.
Keywords
pulp fiction; paperbacks; covers (gathered matter components); text (layout feature); objectification; women; men (male humans); hammocks; rural areas