High Lonesome World by Babs Hodges Deal

High Lonesome World by Babs Hodges Deal

Babs Hodges Deal

1929-2004

Babs Deal, hailing from Scottsboro, Alabama, embarked on a multifaceted journey that led her to various roles and locations. She served as a substitute teacher, joined the US Army as a clerk-typist in Washington, D.C., and later pursued her studies at the University of Alabama, where she earned a BA in 1952 under the guidance of Hudson Strode. During this time, she met and married writer Borden Deal. Babs Deal's writing career blossomed with the publication of her first novel, Acres of Afternoon, in 1959, followed by numerous novels and short stories that garnered attention. Despite personal changes and a divorce from Borden Deal, she continued to write and eventually settled in Gulf Shores, Alabama, until her passing in 2004.

Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, http://AlabamaAuthors.org

1969

High Lonesome World. Garden City, NY; Doubleday, 1969.

AL Book Collection

Deal, Babs Hodges, “High Lonesome World by Babs Hodges Deal,” Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, accessed October 5, 2024, https://alabamaauthors.org/items/show/8060.