A native North Carolinian and for many years professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Fred Chappell is the author of eight novels, two collections of stories, and numerous volumes of poetry, including the much-praised Spring Garden. Among Chappell's many honors are the Bollingen Prize in Poetry, the Award in Literature from the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and membership in the Fellowship of Southern Writers. Book jacket. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Set in the 1940s, this series of interlinked yarns about life on a North Carolina ``scratch-ankle mountain farm'' is told from the point of view of Jess, age 11. PW called Chappell ``a gifted spinner of fictions that often verge on fantasy and the tall tale.'' Copyright 1987 Cahners Business Information, Inc. From: Reed Elsevier Inc. Copyright Reed Business Information

The Overspill	1
1 The Good Time	7
2 The Posse	26
3 The Beard	48
4 The Change of Heart	62
5 The Furlough	75
The Telegram	93
6 The Storytellers	97
7 The Maker of One Coffin	119
8 Satan Says	135
9 The Wish	150
10 Bright Star of a Summer Evening	166
Helen	180

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