Edgerton, Clyde 1944-

Walking across Egypt by Clyde Edgerton( Book )
45 editions published between 1986 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,688 libraries worldwide
She has as much business keeping a stray dog as she would walking across Egypt<U+2013>which not so incidentally is the title of her favorite hymn. She's Mattie Rigsbee, an independent, strong-minded senior citizen who, at seventy-eight, might be slowing down just a bit. When teenage delinquent Wesley Benfield drops in on her life, he is even less likely a companion than the stray dog. But, of course, the dog never tasted her mouth-watering pound cake. Wise and witty, down-home and real, Walking Across Egypt is a book for everyone.

Lunch at the Piccadilly : a novel by Clyde Edgerton( Book )
19 editions published between 2003 and 2011 in English and held by 2,103 libraries worldwide
The much-loved author of the bestselling Raney and Walking Across Egypt is back with an endearing novel of calamity and comedy that celebrates the spirit and spunk of old age.

Raney : a novel by Clyde Edgerton( Book )
21 editions published between 1984 and 2011 in English and held by 2,012 libraries worldwide
"What James Thurber might have written had he lived in North Carolina".--The Washington Post.

The Bible salesman : a novel by Clyde Edgerton( Book )
14 editions published between 2008 and 2011 in English and held by 1,844 libraries worldwide
In post-war North Carolina, a member of a car-theft ring picks up an innocent nineteen-year-old Bible saleman and recognizes the young man as just the associate he needs--one who will believe he is working as an F.B.I. spy, one who will drive the cars he steals.

Killer diller : a novel by Clyde Edgerton( Book )
20 editions published between 1990 and 1996 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,726 libraries worldwide
In the town of Listre, North Carolina, the orphan Wesley--known for his penchant for "borrowing" cars--takes up bricklaying, music, and preaching, in this novel of the contemporary South.

The floatplane notebooks : a novel by Clyde Edgerton( Book )
17 editions published between 1937 and 2004 in English and German and held by 1,660 libraries worldwide
Edgerton chronicles 20 years in the lives of the Copelands of North Carolina, a family just on the fringes of white trash. Albert buys kits to build floatplanes which never work, and his floatplane logbook becomes a family album of sorts.

Where trouble sleeps : a novel by Clyde Edgerton( Book )
8 editions published between 1997 and 1998 in English and held by 1,527 libraries worldwide
Con artist Jack Umstead stops for gas and an oil check in Listre, North Carolina, and decides the town offers many opportunities for his talents. He rents a bungalow and proceeds to study the many eccentric characters in preparation for his strike. But the people of Listre turn the tables on him.

Redeye : a western by Clyde Edgerton( Book )
7 editions published between 1995 and 1996 in English and held by 1,500 libraries worldwide
A comic novel set in Colorado and featuring Cobb Pittman, a crazy bounty hunter who carries a dog in his holster, the Redeye of the title. Pittman takes on a motley crew of innocents and scoundrels trying to commercially exploit Indian cave dwellings in the name of free enterprise.

In memory of Junior : a novel by Clyde Edgerton( Book )
13 editions published between 1992 and 1996 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,486 libraries worldwide
Go by the Baptist Cemetery in Summerlin any Sunday after church and you'll see all kinds of families out there weeding and sweeping the family plots. There's always lots to do - dumping out the potted poinsettias and dusting off the plastic peonies, making sure the kids know everybody dead and how they are kin to everybody living. To most folks, which cemetery, which family plot, which tombstone and what's carved on it are of consequence. And the older you are, the more.

The night train : a novel by Clyde Edgerton( Book )
6 editions published in 2011 in English and held by 865 libraries worldwide
In 1963, Dwayne Hallston discovers James Brown and wants to perform just like him. Meanwhile, Dwayne's forbidden black friend Larry, aspiring to play piano like Thelonius Monk, apprentices to a jazz musician called the Bleeder. A mutual passion for music help Dwayne and Larry as they try to achieve their dreams.