Humphrey, William

Humphrey, William
▪ 1998

      American writer who featured small-town Texan family life in his works; his first and best-known novel, Home from the Hill, was published in 1957 and filmed in 1960 (b. June 18, 1924—d. Aug. 20, 1997).

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