- Fiction, Race relations, African Americans, Interracial marriage
Entrenched on the same land since the early 1800s, the Howlands have, for seven generations, been pillars of their southern community. Extraordinary family lore has been passed down to Abigail Howland, but not all of it.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and prestige.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- warmbleak
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About the book
- Author
- Shirley Ann Grau
- First published
- 1964
- Pages
- 309
- Publisher
- Louisiana State University Press, Longmans, Vintage
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781400030743
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