" After writing Hill Man, Janice Holt Giles said, ""I was struck by its
strength. It is the most realistic ridge book we have written,
completely honest and presenting the truest picture of most of the ridge
men."" Giles originally published the book in paperback in 1954 under
the pseudonym John Garth. Her usual publisher declined to issue the
novel, arguing that it was too sexual and violent for a writer whose
other books were popular family book club selections. Now one of the
most sought-aft