In prose of biblical grandeur and feverish intensity, William Faulkner reconstructed the history of the American South as a tragic legend of courage and cruelty, gallantry and greed, futile nobility and obscene crimes. No single volume better conveys the scope of Faulkner's vision than The Portable Faulkner. Edited by Malcolm Cowley Contents: The Old People The Unvanquished The Last Wilderness The Peasants The End of an Order Mississippi Flood Modern Times The Undying Past