Curt Gentry - The Killer Mountains

torn on rear hinge

Faded original cloth and corner binding edges

Written & compiled by Frances Stephens - Theatre World Annual 1964

Originally published 1929

Walter de la Mare - Old Joe, Basil Blackwell, no date Box 143 Scarborough Curt Gentry - The KillerWalter de la Mare Old Joe, Basil Blackwell, no date The story uses a framing device where a young girl named Letitia asks her uncle to continue a story he started the previous year about an old scarecrow in his garden. De la Mare uses this technique to explore themes of childhood wonder, the boundary between reality and fantasy, and the subtle melancholy of growing older. The stories are known for their ability to hover "on the edgebetween the seen