{"product_id":"the-handsome-road-paperback","title":"The Handsome Road - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGwen Bristow\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e-bestselling author Gwen Bristow brings to life Civil War-era Louisiana in the impassioned, poignant story of a plantation mistress and a poor seamstress--and the men they love--whose lives are irrevocably changed as the Old South falls\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCorrie May Upjohn stands on the levee, watching men unload the riverboats and wishing she could travel far away. A poor preacher's daughter, she is only fourteen, and her life is already laid out for her: marriage in a year or two, and then decades of drudgery. At nearby Ardeith Plantation, Ann Sheramy Larne lives in luxury, but feels just as imprisoned as Corrie May. Their lives could not be more different, but when the horrors of war and Reconstruction come to Louisiana, these two women will band together to survive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the second novel in Gwen Bristow's Plantation Trilogy, which also includes \u003ci\u003eDeep Summer\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThis Side of Glory.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGwen Bristow (1903-1980), the author of seven bestselling historical novels that bring to life momentous events in American history, such as the siege of Charleston during the American Revolution (\u003ci\u003eCelia Garth\u003c\/i\u003e) and the great California gold rush (\u003ci\u003eCalico Palace\u003c\/i\u003e), was born in South Carolina, where the Bristow family had settled in the seventeenth century. After graduating from Judson College in Alabama and attending the Columbia School of Journalism, Bristow worked as a reporter for New Orleans' \u003ci\u003eTimes-Picayune\u003c\/i\u003e from 1925 to 1934. Through her husband, screenwriter Bruce Manning, she developed an interest in longer forms of writing--novels and screenplays. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter Bristow moved to Hollywood, her literary career took off with the publication of \u003ci\u003eDeep Summer\u003c\/i\u003e, the first novel in a trilogy of Louisiana-set historical novels, which also includes \u003ci\u003eThe Handsome Road \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThis Side of Glory\u003c\/i\u003e. Bristow continued to write about the American South and explored the settling of the American West in her bestselling novels \u003ci\u003eJubilee Trail\u003c\/i\u003e, which was made into a film in 1954, and in her only work of nonfiction, \u003ci\u003eGolden Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e. Her novel \u003ci\u003eTomorrow Is Forever\u003c\/i\u003e also became a film, starring Claudette Colbert, Orson Welles, and Natalie Wood, in 1946.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 424\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 20, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47259326775545,"sku":"9781480485365","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/cBBw3_rQ3v9781480485365.webp?v=1768770467","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-handsome-road-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}