Jesse Hill Ford

  • Big Boy

  • The Debt

  • The Doctor

  • The Collector

  • The Savage Sound

    In this quiet lament, Mr. Ford conveys the subtle reactions of a civilized man when an animal’s taught gentleness is overcome by the natural instinct to kill. This story will be included in FISHES, BIRDS AND SONS OF MEN. a collection to be published by Atlantic–Little, Brown in the fall.

  • An Act of Self-Defense

    A new barn makes bad neighbors and leads to violence in this work by a familiar ATLANTIC author. The story will be included in FISHES, BIRDS AND SONS OF MEN, a collection to be published by Atlantic-Little, Brown in the fall.

  • Whistlin' Dixie: The Southern Governors in Caucus

    This small album of word pictures tells much about the look, the sound, and the works of seventeen Southern governors in conference assembled. The notes were collected by Mr. Ford, the novelist and short-story writer, during September’s Southern Governors’ Conference at Kentucky Dam Village, Gilbertsville, in western Kentucky. Mr. Ford is at work on a collection of short stories and a new novel.

  • The Bee Tree

    A Tennessean whose short stories were first published in the pages of the ATLANTIC, Jesse Hill Ford is the author of the novel THE LIBERATION OF LORD BYRON JONES, which was a Book-of-the-Month Club selection last summer. Mr. Ford spent the aulunm months as a fellow at Wesleyan s Center for Advanced Studies in Connecticut.

  • The Britches Thief

    Jesse Hill Ford is a Tennessean in whom the ATLANTIC takes special pride. We published his first short stories, his first novel, MOUNTAINS OF GILEAD,and his first major work, THE LIBERATION OF LORD BYRON JONES,a novel of the South today which was the midsummer selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club.

  • The Messenger

    Jesse Hill Ford is a Tennessean in whom the ATLANTIC takes special pride. We published his first short stories, his first novel , MOUNTAINS OF GILEAD, and we are about to publish his first major work . THE LIBERATION OF LORD BYRON JONES, a novel of the South today and the midsummer selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club.

  • To the Open Water

    JESSE HILL FORDis a Southern writer whose first story appeared in the pages of the ATLANTIC five years ago. He received his B. A. from Vanderbilt University, and his CBS television play, THE CONVERSION OF BUSTER DRUMWEIGHT,has just been published by Vanderbilt University Press.

  • Look Down, Look Down

    JESSE HILL FORD is a Southern writer who received his B.A. from Vanderbilt University and his M.A. from the Universily of Florida, where he studied under Andrew Lytle. Mr. Ford, whose first story appeared in these pages five years ago, is now at work on his second novel.

  • The Trail

    A Southern writer whose short stories first appeared in these pages , and whose first novel, MOUNTAINS OF GILEAD, appeared under the Atlantic—Little, Brown imprint, JESSE HILL FORD lives in Humboldt, Tennessee. Now at work on his second novel,Mr. Ford manages to recapture in his dialogue and wry comments some of the essential flavor of the small Southern community.

  • The Cave

    A Southern writer whose short stories first appeared in these pages and whose first novel, MOUNTAINS OF GILEAD, appeared under the Atlantic-Little, Brown imprint, JESSE HILL FORD makes his home in Humboldt. Tennessee. He is now at work on a second novel.

  • Foxy

    A Southern writer whose short stories and whose first novel, MOUNTAINS OF GILEAD,appeared under the Atlantic-Little, Brown imprint, JESSE HILL FORD, after a year of travel in Norway, has returned to his home country in Humboldt, Tennessee.

  • The Trout

    JESSE HILL FORD is an ATLANTIC discovery who graduated from Vanderbilt University and studied writing under Andrew Lytle at the University of Florida. Four of his short stories have appeared in our pages, and in 1959 he was awarded an Atlantic Grant to assist him with his novel, MOUNTAINS OF GILEAD,which has just been published under the Atlantic-Little,Brown imprint.

  • Safe at Last

    JESSE HILL FORDis an ATLANTICdiscovery who graduated from Vanderbilt University and studied writing under Andrew Lytle at the University of Florida. Three of his short stories have appeared in our pages, and in 1959 he was awarded an Atlantic Grant to assist him with his novel, which has now been completed. His first play, THE CONVERSION OF BUSTER DRUMWRIGHT,was produced by CBS Television Workshop last winter.

  • How the Mountains Are

    An ATLANTIC discovery whose story, “The Surest Thing in Show Business,”won first prize among the Atlantic “Firstspublished last year,JESSE HILL FORDis a graduate of Vanderbilt University, studied under Andrew Lytle at the University of Florida, and is now in the process of establishing himself in Tennessee. He was awarded an Atlantic Grant of $2500 in 1959 to assist him in the completion of his novel.

  • A Strange Sky

    An ATLANTIC discovery whose first story, “ The Surest Thing in Show Business.”attracted favorable comment when it appeared in our April issue, JESSE HILL FORD is a graduate of Vanderbilt University, where he studied under Donald Davidson, and a young author now in the process of establishing himself in Tennessee. He has recently been awarded an ATLANTIC grant of $2500 to assist him in the completion of his first novel.

  • The Surest Thing in Show Business

    A thirty-year-old Tennessean, JESSE HILL FORD received his B.A. from Vanderbilt University and his M.A. from the University of Florida. He has recently abandoned a profitable career in public relations to devote full time to his writing.