Description: Originally published as: The farmers' daughters.
Brief description: Besides being a practicing physician, William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) was a poet, short-story writer, novelist, translator, playwright, and essayist whose contribution to the development of modern American poetry grew out of his commitment to recording the "local" experience of Rutherford, New Jersey, and its environs.
Review Quotes: So these 50-odd stories are among the most precious possessions of the 20th century in any language. And when they come to ask, 'What were they like?' we can say, 'This is us.'--Kenneth Rexroth "The New Leader"