A Short History of a Small Place
 First edition | |
| Author | T. R. Pearson |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Publication date | 1985 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 381 pp |
| ISBN | 0-671-54352-0 |
| OCLC | 11599872 |
| 813/.54 19 | |
| LC Class | PS3566.E235 S5 1985 |
| Followed by | Off for the Sweet Hereafter |
A Short History of a Small Place is a 1985 novel by T. R. Pearson. Set in the fictional town of Neely, North Carolina – a thinly disguised Reidsville – it tells, in a rambling and digressive manner, about the life and eventual suicide of the town's only aristocratic woman, Miss Myra Angelique Pettigrew.
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