Hustler Joe and Other Stories

318 pp. Original cloth with black titles and decorations, color illustration mounted on front board. A collection of stories by the author of the novel Pollyanna. Includes: The Atonement of Hustler Joe; Tangled; A Vacation Exchange; The Twins' Journey. Pollyanna became a children's classic, and inspired several film adaptations, including a 1920 version starring Mary Pickford, and a 1960 Disney version featuring Hayley Mills, who won an Oscar for her role. The novel led to the term 'Pollyanna' being used to describe an incurable optimist.