The Insolent Breed

The original cover for Borden Deal's 1959 novel The Insolent Breed, which was adapted for the stage as the Broadway musical A Joyful Noise. The novel centers on the freeing effect that an exuberant fiddler and his music have on an uptight preacher and the rural valley community he controls.

Book cover for The Insolent Breed by Borden Deal, featuring a hand wrapped around a stylized violin scroll above the title in bold black lettering on blue, yellow, and red bands.
Book cover for The Insolent Breed by Borden Deal, featuring a hand wrapped around a stylized violin scroll above the title in bold black lettering on blue, yellow, and red bands.