books by James Dickey

books by James Dickey

books:

James Dickey

The Whole Motion: Collected Poems, 1945-1992 (Wesleyan Poetry)

James Dickey

Wesleyan, 1992

the whole motion -- james dicky
i have been a fan of james dickey's work since college. now that i am teaching a college class in world poetry, i just couldn't resist choosing dickey. the problem was, which book to teach. i decided to use the whole motion because it spans dickey's career, including ...

The Complete Short Stories Of Thomas Wolfe

Thomas Wolfe

Scribner, 1989

Trancendent Reading Experience
I've treasured this work of Mr. Wolfe's since purchasing it in the first edition in 1988. I can think of few authors who can transport their readership into relms of utter beauty and transcedence. Experiencing them is a gift to behold. A MUST start for those who have ...

The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and Other Stories (Twentieth-Century Classics)

Jack London

Penguin Classics, 1993

Kill or Be Killed
One may not like Jack London as a person because of his strong socialist, and social darwinist, beliefs. But one can't deny his brilliance when it comes to his dog/wolf stories. "Call of the Wild", "White Fang", "Batard", and others are simply stunning. The brutalities ...

Wireless Nation: The Frenzied Launch of the Cellular Revolution

James B. Murray, Lisa Dickey

Basic Books, 2002

Great historical view of spectrum allocation in US
Very well written book! Jim Murray does a very good job of making an interesting story as he narrates how FCC distributed valuable cellular licenses in the US in the 1980s. Also, talkes about how McCaw built his empire. I highly recommend this for somebody who loves ...

The Red Badge of Courage And Four Stories (Signet Classic)

Stephen Crane

Signet Classics, 1997

Classic novel of the Civil War
Stephen Crane's classic novel, "The Red Badge of Courage" is as much about what goes on in the mind of a young soldier as it is about the military action taking place. Henry Fleming goes off to fight, having overblown illusions of a spectacular, mythical epic rather ...

Deliverance

James Dickey

Delta, 1994

I cringed, I squirmed, I had nightmares. Great book.
Just because I think it's funny, I'll tell my experience reading this book. I grew up in the New York City area, and when my parents suddenly moved to Vermont during my junior year of high school, I stayed in New York alone to finish at my school but moved up there ...

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Signet Classics)

Mark Twain

Signet Classics, 1979

Huck and Tom, my sentimental childhood friends...
This is the first novel that I ever remember reading and thank the lord for Mark Twain and what he did for me. I was amazed, as a young boy of eight, that a book could bring me so much pleasure. I loved the adventure and romance of Twain's world and thirty years later ...

Deliverance (1970)
James Dickey

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1970

To the White Sea (Delta World War II Library)

James Dickey

Delta, 1994

Great in print and on tape
I've been listening to the book on tape after having read it several years ago. It is brilliant either way. I'll keep this review short. Dickey's use of language is phenomenal. The recurring themes of camoflage and eyes are chilling. This book does an exceptional ...

James Dickey: The Selected Poems (Wesleyan Poetry)
James Dickey

Wesleyan, 1998

Gathers the very best lyrics from the career of one of America's best known poets.

Bronwen, the Traw, and the Shape-Shifter: A Poem in Four Parts
James Dickey, Richard Jesse Watson

Bruccoli Clark Layman, Incorporated, 1986

A narrative poem in which a young girl battles with the elements she finds in the night.

Jericho: The South Beheld

Hubert Shuptrine, James Dickey

Oxmoor House, 1974

Beautiful book
This is a lovely book, the illustrations are magnificent. On a recent trip to the USA, I browsed through a copy and it gave me a real feeling of the South...I am trying to find a brand new copy for myself, but it has gone out of print.

Alnilam

James Dickey

Pinnacle, 1988

Twenty Years Later
I read this book when it first came out and I was disappointed. But it has a weird way of lingering in the mind. Of all the books I have ever read, I have spent more time thinking about this one than any book other than "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"-- ...

Selected Poems of Edwin Arlington Robinson
Edwin Arlington Robinson

Collier Books, 1970

This book includes poems from the volumes The Children of the Night, Captain Craig, The Town Down the River, The Man Against the Sky, The Tree Taverns, Avon's Harvest, Dionysus in Doubt and Nicodemus. 257 pages.

Deliverance

DICKEY James

Houghton & Mifflin, 1970, 1970

Great survival novel for urban slaves
I was drawn to this book as a fan of the 1970s film, infamous mainly for one scene, though the whole film is epic. The story, though fairly simple, is so terrifying in that the situation very well could have, and has probably happened to someone in the great outdoors. ...