Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection contains the original 259 page edited manuscript for Davis Grubb's 1953 acclaimed novel, The Night of the Hunter. The pages of the work are unbound and include extensive notes; Grubb contributes by use of black ink, and editorial corrections are in red ink. Additionally, fifteen pages are included that comprise an annotated rough draft of the novel’s front matter. This includes a title page, a copyright page, a dedication, a table of contents,...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection contains the original 259 page edited manuscript for Davis Grubb's 1953 acclaimed novel, The Night of the Hunter. The pages of the work are unbound and include extensive notes; Grubb contributes by use of black ink, and editorial corrections are in red ink. Additionally, fifteen pages are included that comprise an annotated rough draft of the novel’s front matter. This includes a title page, a copyright page, a dedication, a table of contents,...

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Three photographs from the set of the film encased in Mylar and fifteen pages of the rough draft of the novel's front matter.