Big Woods (Hardcover)

by William Faulkner (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly
The first paperback edition of the 1955 collection of four stories about nature and hunting includes The Bear and Race at Morning .
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

From Library Journal
This 1955 title combines the four stories "The Bear," "The Old People," "A Bear Hunt," and "Race at Morning," gleaned from assorted Faulkner works.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: Wilderness Adventures Pr (September 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1885106408
• ISBN-13: 978-1885106407
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 7.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,506,073 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great stories, if incomplete, January 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Big Woods: The Hunting Stories (Paperback)

Of course the short stories here are excellent, but it is terrible that the origional Part Four of The Bear has been removed. Anyone who enjoys The Bear owes it to themselves to find a complete copy (it will have five parts) because Part Four is arguably the most important and meaningful portion of the entire story!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent stories hang together as a novel., July 27, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Big Woods: The Hunting Stories (Paperback)

I'm re-reading this book and really enjoying the stories (read it as tales in a novel). The book really puts different views to various people's ways of looking at the same stories and family histories. Read this and know why Faulkner is considered one of the best American novelists of all time. His people ring true, and two stories, "The Old People" and "The Bear", are just fantastic.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Bear Complete, October 17, 2004

By	R. Moench (Taft, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Big Woods: The Hunting Stories (Paperback)

I've occasionally used this collection as required reading for troubled and directionless young adult males. "The Race at Dawn" provides an excellent starting place for a discussion for the need to complete their education. The review from 1999 by "A READER" comments about "The Bear" being incomplete; all five sections are printed in the version collected in "Go Down Moses."