It's Always Three O'Clock

645 Pages·1990·1.26 MB·English

by  Babs H. Deal

It's Always Three O'clock Library of
title:
Alabama Classics
author: Deal, Babs H.
publisher: University of Alabama Press
isbn10 | asin: 0817304940
print isbn13: 9780817304942
ebook isbn13: 9780585207865
language: English
subject Alabama--Fiction.
publication date: 1990
lcc: PS3554.E12I8 1990eb
ddc: 813/.54
subject: Alabama--Fiction.
Page i
It's Always Three O'clock
". . . In a real dark night of the soul
it is always three o'clock in
the morning. . . . "
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Page ii
The Library of Alabama Classics,
reprint editions of works important
to the history, literature, and culture of
Alabama, is dedicated to the memory of
Rucker Agee
whose pioneering work in the fields
of Alabama history and historical geography
continues to be the standard of
scholarly achievement
Page iii
It's Always Three O'clock
Babs H. Deal
The University of Alabama Press
Tuscaloosa and London
Page iv
Copyright © 1961 by Babs H. Deal
Copyright renewed 1989 by Babs H. Deal
Preface to the Library of Alabama Classics Edition
Copyright © 1990 by Babs H. Deal
All rights reserved
Manufactured in the United States of America
The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum
requirements
of American National Standard for Information Science-Permanence
of Paper
for Printed Library Materials, ANSI A39.48-1984
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Deal, Babs H.
It's always three o'clock / Babs H. Deal.
p. cm. (The Library of Alabama classics)
ISBN 0-8173-0494-0
I. Title. II. Series.
PS3554.E1218 1990
813´.54dc20 89-20626
CIP
British Library Cataloguing-in Publication Data available
Page v
FOR BORDEN
WITH WHOM THERE IS ALWAYS WORLD
ENOUGH AND TIME
Page vi
With the exception of Captain Simms, who is based in essence on the
character of my great-grandfather, Captain A. C. Card, the characters
in this book are products of the author's imagination. Where historical
characters are used they are given their real names.
Page vii
CONTENTS
Preface ix
Beachhead 3
Part I 5
The Sheik of Araby
1. April 1923 7
2. August 1925 70
3. October 1927 111
Beachhead 147
Part II 157
My Blue Heaven
1. 1931 Van 159
2. 193234 Martha Ann 176
3. Veda 1935 193
4. Harry Clifton 193136 200
5. Martha Ann 1939 228
Beachhead 239
Part III 251
September in the Rain
1. 1941 253
2. 1943 291
3. 1946 299
Beachhead 329
Page viii
For each age is a dream that is dying,
Or one that is coming to birth.
Arthur O'Shaugnessy