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Crestfallen
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Key Way, Ridgeland, MS, 2004
ISBN 10: 0974828203
ISBN 13: 9780974828206
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Trade paperback
First Edition
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Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Trade paperback. Condition: Very good. 240 pages. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Signed on the half-title page. Noted Mississippi author. She married Elbert Latimer who was in the Air Force. After retirement they settled in Clinton, Mississippi where she writes a column for the local newspaper. She is happy to finally be fulfilling a lifelong dream. Jeanette won first place in the Mississippi Writers Club contest for The Perfect Revenge, a story of love and betrayal with a deadly secret leading to espionage and intrigue. Crestfallen is an historical novel about one family's struggles in Vicksburg, Mississippi, during the Civil War--struggles between North and South, father and son, brother and brother. The story is partially told in touching letters from the battlefield describing the terrible conditions and unendurable homesickness, and journal entries of a young Southern girls in love with wounded Yankee soldier. Both the love and tragedy will remain in the mind of the reader long after the book is finished. Crestfallen represents a part of our history that well remain the most unforgettable of the South. From the back of the book: Richard's father had instilled in him a stong desire for success, so he was determined to do better than his immigrant grandparents. Richard had the advantage of being well educated both here and abroad. While in Europe, he developed a fondness for their antiques and as a young man imported them to Vicksburg. He married Libby, a beautiful and talented singer, who gave up her career to raise their children. Richard became a lawyer and owner of a large plantation with several slaves. The more property and wealth he accumulated,the more self-centered and domineering he became. James moves north and joins the Union army when the war breaks out. James moves north and joins the Union army when the war breaks out. He eventually finds himself back in Vicksburg, just miles from his former home, where his brother Matthew is a soldier in the confederate army. Their son James, content with being a simple farmer and rejecting his father's demands of becoming a lawyer, is banished by Richard and his name forbidden to be spoken which sets in motion a gradual deterioration of the family. James moves north and joins the Union army when the war breaks out. He eventually finds himself back in Vicksburg, just miles from his former home, where his brother Matthew is a soldier in the confederate army. James finally makes it back home in a fateful attempt to see his family once more. His mother and sister are delighted, but Richard is even more adamant in disowning him when he discovers that he is now a Yankee soldier. In the end, Richard comes to the realization that much of the sufferings of his family are the result of his own stubbornness and want of compassion. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Seller Inventory # 83681
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