Front cover is from John Milton's Areopagitica, a prose polemical tract in favor of free speech, published in 1644, in the middle of a civil war. A pamphlet.

Back cover, Swamp Hoyden, by Jack Woodford and John B. Thompson. Beacon, 1956, 35¢. A hoyden is a high-spirited, boisterous, and saucy girl. Also, a bit of a slob. Perhaps from Dutch Heiden, country lout.

Presented at Gulf Coast Writers Conference, September 19, 2009.