Burlington House
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Drama, American, History, Americas, Fiction & Literature, Historical
| Author: | Bert Stone | ISBN: | 9781498902427 |
| Publisher: | Bert Stone | Publication: | April 11, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Bert Stone |
| ISBN: | 9781498902427 |
| Publisher: | Bert Stone |
| Publication: | April 11, 2014 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Set in the late 1800’s, this short novel traces a white Carolina planter's trek through the deep South trying to fulfill the deathbed wish of his former slave: That he "take care of" her teen age daughter. With his brand spanking new law degree, his wife and his new charge, a young black orphan girl, he departs the plantation looking for a life and legal career in the South after the Civil War. Soon things start to fall apart.
Set in the late 1800’s, this short novel traces a white Carolina planter's trek through the deep South trying to fulfill the deathbed wish of his former slave: That he "take care of" her teen age daughter. With his brand spanking new law degree, his wife and his new charge, a young black orphan girl, he departs the plantation looking for a life and legal career in the South after the Civil War. Soon things start to fall apart.
