1964 - Scarlet Thread - by Doris Betts - Pub. by Harper & Row - First Edition

This book measures 6 x 8 1/4 inches and has 405 pages. The spine color is slightly sun faded and there is a previous owners name on the first blank page, otherwise there are NO FLAWS. It is rated as NEAR FINE. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Betts Doris Betts (June 4, 1932 – April 21, 2012) was a short story writer, novelist, essayist and Alumni Distinguished Professor Emerita at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She was the author of three short story collections and six novels. Awards: G.P. Putnam-U.N.C. Booklength Fiction prize, 1954 Sir Walter Raleigh Best Fiction by Carolinian award, 1957, for Tall Houses in Winter; 1965, for Scarlet Thread Guggenheim Fellow 1958 North Carolina Medal, 1975, for literature Parker award, 1982–1985, for literary achievement John dos Passos award, 1983 American Academy of Arts and Letters Medal of Merit, 1989, for short story Academy Award, for Violet. Books - Short fiction collections- The Gentle Insurrection (1954) The Astronomer and Other Stories (1966) Beasts of the Southern Wild and Other Stories (1973) Novels- Tall Houses in Winter (1957) The Scarlet Thread (1965) The River to Pickle Beach (1972) Heading West: A Novel (1981) Souls Raised from the Dead (1994) The Sharp Teeth of Love (1998) e2885 121215e9