Bøger af Hubert Creekmore

The Stone Ants is a novel written by Hubert Creekmore. The book is a work of fiction that tells the story of a young boy named David who is sent to live with his grandparents in the rural South. The novel is set in the 1930s and explores themes of family, race relations, and the struggle for survival in a harsh and unforgiving environment.David's grandparents are farmers who live in a small, isolated community. They are kind and loving people who take care of David, but they are also struggling to make ends meet. David quickly learns that life on the farm is hard work, but he also discovers the beauty and wonder of the natural world around him.As David settles into his new life, he becomes fascinated by the stone ants that he finds on the farm. These ants are unlike any he has ever seen before, and he becomes obsessed with learning more about them. His curiosity leads him on a journey of discovery that takes him deep into the woods and into the heart of the community's secrets.The Stone Ants is a beautifully written novel that captures the essence of life in the rural South during the Great Depression. It is a story of hope, resilience, and the power of the human spirit to overcome adversity. The book is a must-read for anyone who enjoys historical fiction, coming-of-age stories, or tales of adventure and discovery.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

"Ashton, Mississippi, provides the deceptively sterile, conforming, and blindly respectable background in The Welcome, a novel written by Hubert Creekmore in 1948. The Welcome tells of the dramatic relationship between Don Mason and Jim Furlow that subverts the traditional conventions of marriage plots in novels of the time. After moving to New York following Jim's wedding, Don returns home, routed by the Depression of the 1930s. He finds Jim stuck in an unhappy marriage, and his arrival intensifies Jim's misery. As Jim sinks into alcoholism, Don connects with a new love interest, and their mutual friends persistently try to unlock the secrets between Don and Jim. Ahead of its time in the depiction of same sex relationships, the novel caused a scandal upon release. As Phillip "Pip" Gordon says in the new introduction written for this edition, "the majority of gay fiction prior to The Welcome structured tragedy as a natural outcome for being gay. Creekmore aimed higher and sought a narrative that does not show the same-sex lovers as flawed for their desires; rather, the problem is context." Creekmore was a prolific writer, literary critic, editor, translator, photographer, and librettist, and was good friends with famed Mississippi author Eudora Welty. However, Creekmore never had the success of his peers, and his work has been forgotten, most of it falling out of print. This new edition recovers a significant addition to the canon of LGBTQ southern literature and a forgotten Mississippi author for a generation of new readers and scholars"--