The morning watch

James Agee

Original title: The Morning Watch

earliest edition we have, 1969 Houghton Mifflin Co, 1980 hardcover

***The Morning Watch explores the thoughts and feelings of 12-year-old Richard, a student at an unnamed Episcopal*** boarding school (based on Agee's schooling at St. Andrew's-Sewanee School in Sewanee, Tennessee), over the course of a few hours in the early morning of ***Good Friday in 1923***. ***Part I*** opens with Richard waking up to participate in the 4 AM shift of a nightlong prayer vigil in the school's cha...

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Morning Watch hardcover · 1984 · Queens House · 9780892440221
Morning Watch hardcover · 1980 · Houghton Mifflin Co · 9780395073315
Morning Watch edition · 1980 · Avon Books (Mm) · 9780380005697
The morning watch edition · 1975 · Owen
The morning watch edition · 1969 · Panther · 111 pages

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