River Rogue - Couverture rigide

Cheney, Brainard

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0989249107 ISBN 13 : 9780989249102

Editeur : Mmjw Bookhouse, 2013

Synopsis

After the Civil War, 1870. Deep in the south Georgia river swamp forests. Ratliff Sutton, a young white boy, runs away from a broken home and grows up the adopted son of former slaves. In the swamps of the Oconee and Altamaha Rivers, he transforms into Snake Sutton, mythic timber raftsman, struggling with mighty rivers, fighting both men and alligators, steering great log rafts to Darien by the sea. He confronts his greatest struggle-breaking into Darien's timber merchant society. Forsaking China Swann, a "fancy lady" and his champion, Snake marries society belle Robbie McGregor. Fighting his way into the merchant ranks through hurricanes and murder, he moves beyond tragedy and into an awakening that summons him back to his roots upriver.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

RIVER ROGUE A tale of romance and adventure After the Civil War, 1870. Deep in the south Georgia river swamp forests. Ratliff Sutton, a young white boy, runs away from a broken home and grows up the adopted son of former slaves. In the swamps of the Ocmulgee and Altamaha Rivers, he transforms into Snake Sutton, mythic timber raftsman, struggling with mighty rivers, fighting both men and alligators, steering great log rafts to Darien by the sea. Forsaking China Swann, a “fancy lady” and his champion, Snake marries society belle Robbie McGregor. Fighting his way into the merchant ranks through hurricanes and murder, he moves beyond tragedy and into an awakening that summons him back to his roots upriver. “The world of (River Rogue) is the world of the rivers down which the raftsmen brought their timber to the Darien market (in the late 1800s). The quality of this world—the aspect of the country, the sprees in the bars and dives, the cunning, viciousness, and honor of the rogues, the code of the raftsmen, who felt themselves set apart from other men—is rendered with a fine imaginative precision.” Robert Penn Warren, Saturday Review (1942) “Brainard Cheney tells all about (Snake Sutton) in his rip-snortin’, rootin’-tootin’ novel...Rarely will you encounter a book that plunges more deeply into a strange and specialized way of life...(Cheney) has a wild story to tell and a wild life to describe, and he does it with relish.” Orville Prescott , New York Times (1942) BRAINARD CHENEY (1900-1990), acclaimed Georgia author, grew up along the Georgia rivers he writes about. He published four novels during the period 1939 through 1969. All are available from MM John Welda BookHouse.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Mmjw Bookhouse
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0989249107
• ISBN 13: 9780989249102
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 466
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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