As the Apple Tree Stands (Paperback)

Hazel Victoria Reid

ISBN 10: 1985628325 / ISBN 13: 9781985628328

Published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2019

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Paperback. AS THE APPLE TREE STANDS is a novel set in the 1930s in the Mississippi Delta. A dangerous riverboat gambler, Duke LeBlanc, has paid cash for a plantation and, before he can foreclose on another plantation, he falls in love with the owner's daughter, Annette. He "courts" her and realizes he has fallen deeply in love with her. A foil to Annette is Miss Zerle Wingo, an elementary school teacher. She has been devastated by her marriage to a ne'er do well. A plantation owner and amateur painter, Gig Porter, falls completely under the spell of this ice queen. The two relationships hold the story together and allow room for accounts of fires, tornadoes, and killings. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: As the Apple Tree Stands (Paperback)
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1985628325
• ISBN 13: 9781985628328
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

AS THE APPLE TREE STANDS is a novel set in the 1930s in the Mississippi Delta. A dangerous riverboat gambler, Duke LeBlanc, has paid cash for a plantation and, before he can foreclose on another plantation, he falls in love with the owner's daughter, Annette. He "courts" her and realizes he has fallen deeply in love with her. A foil to Annette is Miss Zerle Wingo, an elementary school teacher. She has been devastated by her marriage to a ne'er do well. A plantation owner and amateur painter, Gig Porter, falls completely under the spell of this ice queen. The two relationships hold the story together and allow room for accounts of fires, tornadoes, and killings.