New York: Atheneum, 1965. dj. Hardcover first edition - Wright's powerful novel about the Friday in November 1963 when the word from Dallas - the assassination of President Kennedy - was heard in Escondido, Calfornia - where an infant had been found abandoned. Dust jacket praise from Eudora Welty, who describes "laying sure hands on the daily" as Morris's forte. 433 pp.