William Faulkner - The Unvanquished
Signet Books 977, 1952
Cover Artist: James Avati

"Violence - Rebellion - Heroism"

Although The Unvanquished was first published as a whole in 1938, it consists of seven short stories which were originally published separately in The Saturday Evening Post, except where noted:

"Ambuscade" (September 29, 1934)
"Retreat" (October 13, 1934)
"Raid" (November 3, 1934)
"The Unvanquished" (namesake for the novel, in which it is titled) "Riposte in Tertio" (November 14, 1936)
"Vendée" (December 5, 1936)
"Drusilla" (titled "Skirmish at Sartoris" in the novel), published in Scribner's (April 1935)
"An Odor of Verbena" (never published outside the novel prior to its release)

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Richard H. Rovere - The Weeper and the Blackmailer
Signet Books 763, 1950
Cover Artist: Reynold Brown

"The true and scandalous history of Howe and Hummel."

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Donald Stokes - Captive in the Night
Signet Books 1006, 1953
Cover Artist: unknown; indecipherable signature

"Passion and intrigue in the exotic Casbah."

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Carter Brown - Zelda
Signet Books D3430, 1968
Cover Artist: Robert McGinnis

"She was Hollywood's goddess of love: provocative, passionate, excitingly alive. Five men wanted her... dead."

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Jack Kirkland - Tobacco Road
Signet Books 978, 1952
Cover Artist: Reginald Marsh

Three Act Play based on the novel by Erskine Caldwell

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