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These eight stories reveal the singular imaginative power Eudora Welty. Set in the
region of the Natchez Trace along the lower Mississippi, the stories dip in and out of
history. "First Love" is the tale of a deaf, orphaned boot boy who is alone
until he meets Aaron Burr. A nervous pregnant wife with a husband who has stayed out all
night is the subject of "The Wide Net." In "A Still Moment," a chance
meeting of an evangelist and an outlaw form the basis for a captivating story. Each of
these stories reveals the fineness of Welty's descriptive power and her ability to create
memorable characters.
--- Reviewed by Judith Handschuh
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