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Caroline Gordon

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This narrative of a landed Kentucky family, traced over four generations, shows the decline of its patriarchal order, overwhelmed in the twentieth century by an irresponsible individualism. “The best American novel I know.”—Ford Madox Ford. Southern Classics Series.

Genres: SouthernHistorical FictionFictionBook ClubAmericanNovels

298 Pages

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