Set in a small town on Cape Cod in 1950, this tells of the relationship between Peggy Cort, a 28-year-old librarian, and James Carlson Sweatt, an βover-tallβ 11-year-old. They are odd candidates for friendship, but they still find their lives entwined in ways that neither one could have predicted.
In the Giant's House [Poem]
β Scribed by Brewster Ghiselin
- Book ID
- 124347663
- Publisher
- Project MUSE
- Year
- 1947
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 143 KB
- Volume
- 55
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0037-3052
- DOI
- 10.2307/27537753
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