Reviews for Hackberry Cavalier
Review - Hackberry Cavalier
All good, all fun. They made me root for Edgar to find his love.
Reviewed by Roger on 2023-05-26 15:21:40
Hackberry Cavalierby George Sessions Perry | |
| Category: |
"Fiction - Short Story Collection" |
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| Pages: | 246 |
| Year of Publication: | 1944 |
| Date Added: | 02/24/2021 |
| Date Read: | 05/26/2023 |
| Notes: | Armed Services Edition Subtitle: Being a Chronicle of the More Outstanding Adventures in Love and Life of that Bucolic Lothario, that Robin Hood of the Post Oak Woods, that Elegant Gentleman and Great Spirit: Edgar Selfridge, et. Cronies A series of humorous short stories about the residents of Hackberry, Texas. Many of them concern Edgar, a young man who is always ready to help others and always seeing the girls he loves marry other guys. In the final story, Edgar, too blind to join the Army in WWII, gets appointed as a war correspondent and is awarded a Distinguished Service Cross for bravery in landing on the beach in Sicily—and meets an Italian girl from Brooklyn in the process. |
| My Rating: | 7 |