Tales of the Home Folks in Peace and War

Author:   Joel Chandler Harris
Publisher:   General Books LLC
ISBN:  

9781150597763


Pages:   158
Publication Date:   21 December 2009
Format:   Paperback
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General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1898 Original Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Company Description: Twelve stories about the poor and wealthy people of the South before, during, and after the Civil War. Subjects: Storytelling African Americans Tales Children's stories Plantation life Rich people Family Weddings Slaves Poverty Peace War Dogs Southern States Literary Criticism / General Fiction / Short Stories Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Dogs Literary Criticism / General Performing Arts / Storytelling Political Science / Peace Reference / Weddings Social Science / Poverty Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: A RUN OF LUCK It was natural that the war and its results should bring about great changes in the South; but I never fully realized what a wonderful change had been wrought until, a dozen years after the struggle, business, combined with pleasure, led me to visit the old Moreland Place, in middle Georgia. The whole neighborhood for miles around had been familiar to my youth, and was still dear to my memory. Driving along the well-remembered road, I conjured up the brilliant and picturesque spectacle that the Moreland Place presented when I saw it last: a stately house on a wooded hill, the huge, white pillars that supported the porch rising high enough to catch the reflection of a rosy sunset, the porch itself and the beautiful lawn in front filled with a happy crowd of lovely women and gallant men, young and old, the wide avenues lined with carriages, and the whole place lit up (as it were) and alive with the gay commotion of a festival occasion. And such indeed it was -- the occasion of the home-coming of Linton Moreland, the master, with a bride h...

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Author:   Joel Chandler Harris
Publisher:   General Books LLC
Imprint:   General Books LLC
Dimensions:   Width: 22.90cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 15.20cm
Weight:   0.242kg
ISBN:  

9781150597763


ISBN 10:   1150597763
Pages:   158
Publication Date:   21 December 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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