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The Old People

William Faulkner

First published 1960
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

A boy is being initiated into hunting, guided by a Choctaw man. He sees a giant buck which is a sort of spirit.

First published in Harper's, September 1940.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1960 Cover Masters and Masterpieces of the Short Story: Second Series Holt-Dryden Books / Henry Holt Anthology 192
May 1961 31 Stories Prentice-Hall Anthology
August 1980 50 Great American Short Stories Bantam Books Anthology 281
June 1984 Cover Magical Realist Fiction: An Anthology Longman Anthology 217