Large Print Book
The litter of the law / Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown ; illustrated by Michael Gellatly.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781410458605 (large print : hardcover)
- ISBN: 1410458601 (large print : hardcover)
- Physical Description: 343 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Edition: Large print edition.
- Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, [2013]
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Thorndike Press large print basic."--T.p. verso. |
| Summary, etc.: | During an autumn scenic drive in rural Crozet, Virginia, Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen and husband Fair discover the body of a murdered accountant lying in a cornfield. Rooting out the guilty murderer in the treacherous center of a lucrative conspiracy requires Harry's farmer's wisdom-- along with the quick wits and extraordinary senses of Sneaky Pie, Pewter, and Tucker. |
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| Subject: | Haristeen, Harry (Fictitious character) > Fiction. Murphy, Mrs. (Fictitious character) > Fiction. Women detectives > Virginia > Fiction. Large type books. |
| Genre: | Mystery fiction. |
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Author Notes
The Litter of the Law
Rita Mae Brown was born in Hanover, Pennsylvania, on November 28, 1944. She received an associate's degree from Broward Junior College in 1965, a B.A. in English and classics from New York University in 1968, a Cinematography Degree from the School of the Visual Arts in 1968, and a Ph.D. in English and political science from the Institute for Policy Studies in 1976. She was the writer-in-residence at the Women's Writing Center of Cazenovi College and a visiting instructor teaching fiction writing at the University of Virginia. After publishing two books of poetry, she published her first novel, Rubyfruit Jungle, in 1973. Her works include The Hand that Cradles the Rock, Sudden Death, Venus Envy, Loose Lips, and Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser. She writes the Mrs. Murphy Mystery series and Foxhunting Mysteries series. She also writes screenplays and teleplays including Sweet Surrender, Room to Move, Table Dancing, and The Long Hot Summer. Her work on TV earned several Emmy nominations and she received the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Variety Show in 1982 for I Love Liberty. (Bowker Author Biography)
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