[PW] Sales figures for "The Violent Bear It Away"

[Denise Montgomery]

Two possibilities:

1. Try looking in The Habit of Being: letters of Flannery O'Connor, in
letters of the period during which the book was published. It might be
possible that she mentions sales figures in some of her letters.

2. Contact the Special Collections at the library of Georgia College in
Milledgeville, GA, where she went to school and which has her papers. They
should be able to answer this if anyone can.

                                               Denise Montgomery
                                               Valdosta State University
                                               Valdosta, GA

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 6:40 PM, MaryAlice Wade <ksloudlibrarian at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a student looking for sales figures for Flannery O'Connor's "The
> Violent Bear It Away".  Specifically, she wants to know how many copies
> were
> sold the year it was published --most sources I have found indicate it was
> published in 1960, though some say 1955--and how many copies have been
> sold,
> total.  I haven't found anything useful and could only suggest she contact
> the publisher (Farrar, Straus & Giroux).  Does anyone know of any sources
> for this type of information?
>
> Thank you for any guidance you can provide.
>
> MaryAlice Wade
> ksloudlibrarian at gmail.com
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