He previously had referred to writing a golden book of yoknapatawpha county with which he would finish his literary career. Keith durham is from the borders himself and has written a number of books and articles on the subject of the reivers. Set in faulkners fictional yoknapatawpha county in the early 1900s, the reivers tells the story of a young, wealthy southern boy who, during a simple ride to memphis in his grandfathers borrowed car, gets caught up in a series of escalating schemes and vices that expose the harsh realities of a world the boy has long been shielded from. One of the best reads of the year, without doubt hamish coghill, scottish life this is a history as exciting and dramatic as the border ballads themselves cumberland news a most compelling, thoughtprovoking and entertaining history the herald only one period in history. Apr 16, 2010 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg.
First edition points to identify the reivers by william faulkner. Their ranks consisted of both scottish and english families, and they raided the entire border country without regard to their victims nationality. A reminiscence faulkner, william by faulkner, william. Read exploring border reivers history by philip nixon available from rakuten kobo. The the reivers community note includes chapterbychapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes. With steve mcqueen, sharon farrell, ruth white, michael constantine.
Lucius priest invites us to listen to a story about some stuff that went down he was an elevenyearold boy living in jefferson, mississippi, back in 1905. Set in faulkners fictional yoknapatawpha county in the early 1900s, the reivers tells the story of a young, wealthy southern boy who, during a simple ride to memphis in his grandfathers borrowed. Its enough of a challenge for the nonprofessional reader. The reivers by faulkner, first edition, signed abebooks. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The author lays out the reasons for the reivers and then goes into a more detailed history. The reiver s woman by catherine creel and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
In mid april 1596,in a daring and unprecedented raid on carlisle castle, kinmont willie armstrong, the most formidable of the scottish border reivers, was rescued by a small party of reivers who hailed from the scottish border lands. Because john powells pistol was not just a moral problem in the stable, it was an emotional one top. The reivers first edition william faulkner 1st printing 1962 book. William faulkner booklist william faulkner message board. The story of the border reivers and over 8 million other books are available for amazon kindle. Cold sassy tree by olive ann burns thedivineoomba thedivineoomba. In turnof the century mississippi, an 11yearold boy comes of age as two mischievous adult friends talk him into sneaking the family car out for a trip to memphis and a series of adventures. Later life and works of male maturation he called the reivers and appropriately subtitled a reminiscence. The reivers first edition william faulkner 1962 book. Picture of the back dust jacket for the first edition of the reivers. Faulkner previously won this award for his book a fable, making him one of.
The reivers is a pleasant, wholesome, straightforward movie of the sort as they say they dont make anymore. He relates their rise to power as ferocious soldiers on horseback, their important roles in the battles at flodden and solway. Whenever anyone mentions reiver, noone hesitates to add border. Buy the reivers by alistair moffat from waterstones today. Only one period in history is immediately, indelibly and uniquely linked to the whole area of the scottish and english border country, and that is the time of the reivers. By that i mean they neither insulted nor challenged the intelligence of any member of the family. The reivers vintage international kindle edition by. Border reivers aftermathof the rescueofkinmontwillie. The reivers vintage international kindle edition by faulkner, william. The reivers by william faulkner has a similar feel as cold sassy, with a similar leading character. Book is in good condition, cover has some wear along the edges. Sep, 2015 faulkners great comic novel moves on the wheels of breathless suspense.
If you decide you want to work at your reading you can move on to the more obscure and darker books. Border reivers were raiders along the angloscottish border from the late th century to the beginning of the 17th century. Notice that there is no book club blind stamp on the bottom right corner. In the footsteps of reivers by brian dingle olympia publishers. This is a picture of the first edition boards for the reivers. I learned about the reivers for the first time on a recent vacation to scotland. This book is exactly what i wanted to learn more about the who and what the reivers were. Angus mcbride is one of the worlds most respected historical illustrators, and has contributed to more than 70 osprey titles in the past three decades. A reminiscence by william faulkner and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. They added to the english language and gave some wonderful real life folk tales. Jul 17, 2008 in the steel bonnets, george macdonald fraser, author of the bestselling flashman novels and himself a borderer, takes us back through three centuries of conflict, telling the fascinating and bloody story of the reivers.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the reivers. This is a pageturning history, lucidly written, and it is enhanced by a selection of five famous border ballads. The border country is an area of great beauty and has the capacity to imprint its unique charisma on every visitor. Nov 15, 2009 this is in some ways an implacably sunny book, but any temptations faulkner may have felt toward nostalgia are tempered by the clear eye through which he always viewed the world. It has given us a lot of insight to the conditions of the border families and how they survied and lived.
The story of the border reivers illustrated edition by alistair moffat isbn. But i did love a book with adventure, and the reivers seemed to have the right mix of action and adult content. Articles and discussions focused on the border reivers of the english scottish borders. The reivers 1969 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. From the early fourteenth century to the end of the sixteenth, the angloscottish borderlands witnessed one of the most intense periods of warfare and disorder ever seen in modern europe.
Bordellos, bandits and one big mississippi adventure. We are a named border family and have found we come from liddesdale in scotland. We bought the reivers book to find out more about our own history. As a consequence of nearconstant conflict between england and scotland, borderers suffered at the hands of marauding armies, who ravaged the land, destroying crops, slaughtering cattle. He is also a skilled and respected figure sculptor who has produced models for a number of companies including border miniatures. The reivers by william faulkner penguin books australia. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the reivers vintage international. Only one period in history is immediately, indelibly and uniquely linke. Faulkner previously won this award for his book a fable, making him one of only three authors to be awarded it more than once. Border raids and reivers by robert borland free ebook. But the reivers is a bit more dark and has a more solid story. The priests black coachman, ned mccaslin, stows away, and the three of them are off on a heroic odyssey, for.
Border reivers project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. This book tells what to me is the little known tale of the border reivers who working in family type gangs opporated like the mafia,operating protection and blackmailing, raiding, robbing, raping and anything else nasty beginning with r across the englishscottish border in the 15th and 16th centuries with virtual impunity, whilst the scottish and english monarchies repeatedly tried to. He has written twelve books, including kelsae, the reivers, the sea kingdoms, the borders and the wall, all of which are published by birlinn. The rise and end of the border reivers, their lifestyle, fortifications, abbeys and priories, the battles and the people and tales that took place during this time are what made the reivers into the myths and legends in the borders. Mar 06, 2008 one of faulkners comic masterpieces, the reivers is a picaresque that tells of three unlikely car thieves from rural mississippi. The reivers by faulkner, william and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The story of the border reivers new edition by alistair moffat isbn.
Once was, hollywood had the knack of turning out absorbing entertainments that really were family films. The bestselling novel was awarded the pulitzer prize for fiction in 1963. Lucius priest, boon hogganbeck, and ned mccaslin borrow lucius grandfathers automobile at the beginning of a hilarious journey that pales in comparison to what awaits the reivers plunderers or freebooters in memphis. He boon already had a certain waywith horses and mules.
A month later he was dead, of a heart attack, at the age of 64, his health undermined by his drinking and by too many falls from horses too big for him. I was intriqued by our tour guides interest in the subject. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. A reminiscence, published in 1962, is the last novel by the american author william faulkner. Elevenyearold lucius priest is persuaded by boon hogganbeck, one of his familys retainers, to steal his grandfathers car and make a trip to memphis. One of faulkners comic masterpieces, the reivers is a picaresque that. My suggestion is that the reader skip the more obscure and darker efforts and brighten the day with the reivers. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. May 18, 2011 one of faulkners comic masterpieces, the reivers is a picaresque that tells of three unlikely car thieves from rural mississippi. William faulkner, one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, was born in new albany, mississippi, on september 25, 1897. The country to the north and south of the border between england and scotland was for centuries the battlefield between the two nations. One of faulkners comic masterpieces, the reivers is a picaresque that tells of three unlikely car thieves from rural mississippi. Picture of the back dust jacket flap for the reivers.
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