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George Sessions Perry

Born

in Rockdale, Texas, The United States

May 05, 1910

Died

December 13, 1956

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Virtually unknown today, Perry was one of Texas’ most celebrated authors in the 1940s and 50s.

Born in Rockdale in 1910, Perry attended several colleges, but never graduated. Instead, he moved back to his hometown and pushed through the Great Depression with a small inheritance and a determination to write about the rural and small-town life around him. He married the love of his life, Claire Hodges, on the 20th of February 1933 in her hometown of Beaumont, Texas. They would remain devoted to each other until his death, and had no children.

Publication in the Saturday Evening Post came in 1937, then a book deal. In 1941 came his masterwork, “Hold Autumn in Your Hand” — one of America’s most celebrated agrarian novels oft compared to Steinbeck ...more

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Average rating: 4.32 · 1,369 ratings · 99 reviews · 32 distinct works • Similar authors

	Where Away: A Modern Odyssey by George Sessions Perry, Isabel Leighton 4.37 avg rating — 1,219 ratings — published 1944 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hold Autumn in Your Hand (Zia Books) 3.93 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 1941 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Walls Rise Up 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1939 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Texas: A World in Itself by George Sessions Perry, Arthur Fuller (Illustrator), W. H. Cooke (Introduction) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1942 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Story of Texas A & M really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hackberry Cavalier liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1944 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Arkansas Traveler it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1939	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cities of America (Essay Index Reprint Series) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Granny Van;: The running battle of Rockdale, Texas; 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“There are times in a man’s life when writing a novel is like taking an angel in his arms. When I wrote this one, ten years ago, that was how I felt.”
― George Sessions Perry, Hold Autumn in Your Hand

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“heroism not as a purposeful display, but a natural manifestation of simple human goodness, generosity and courage.”
― George Sessions Perry, Where Away: A Modern Odyssey

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“Undoubtedly, the old Longhorn was the greatest of the Texians. We might still have made it through even without Sam Houston, but the Longhorn, the doughty old aborigine, not only nourished, clothed, and housed us, but set us an example of a way to live.”
― George Sessions Perry, Texas A World in Itself

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What shall we read in November, 2022? Books published in or before 1990.

The Good Old Boys, by Elmer Kelton

13 votes 24.5%

The House Behind the Cedars, by Charles W. Chesnutt

10 votes 18.9%

A Stillness at Appomattox, by Bruce Catton

9 votes 17.0%

Blues for Mister Charlie, by James Baldwin

8 votes 15.1%

In the Land of Dreamy Dreams, by Ellen Gilchrist

8 votes 15.1%

Hold Autumn in Your Hand, by George Sessions Perry

5 votes 9.4%

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