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Raintree County 19 reviews Ross Lockridge
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1994
One of the Best Ever Written
+ Genius! + A Most Beautiful Suicide Note + The Great American Novel
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1001 Things Everyone Should Know About The South 10 reviews John Reed, Dale Volberg Reed
Main Street Books, 1997
Slowing Down
+ 1001 Southern "thangs". + A Funny Guide for a Confused Yankee + About time! + Superb!
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Frankly, My Dear (Timeswept) 37 reviews Sandra Hill
Leisure Books, 1999
Best Yet !!
+ i love the hero
I loved this book and have read it over 3 times.. Sandra Hill knows how to add the right mixture of sassy sayings and fun in her books. I will never get tired of her books she is an Auto- buy for me.. I highly recommend this book to all who love a great time travel and alot of laughs..
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Southern Daughter: The Life of Margaret Mitchell Darden Asbury Pyron
Perennial, 1992
Gone With the Wind is an American phenomenon. Arguably the most popular American novel of all time, it sold over a million copies in its first six months (in the heart of the Depression), won a Pulitzer Prize for its author, and more remarkable still, returned to the New York Times Best Seller list fifty years after its first appearance. Crowning its glory, David O. Selznick transformed the ...
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Shades of Twilight 77 reviews Linda Howard
Pocket, 1997
Wonderful!
+ Shades of Twilight + WOW WOW WOW + Family saga done well + The Dark Side of Humanity
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Sarah Morgan: The Civil War Diary Of A Southern Woman 9 reviews Charles East
Touchstone, 1992
Defense of Sarah Morgan's Diary
+ The Real Scarlett O'Hara + Youth In The Civil War + literature
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The Feast of All Saints 72 reviews Anne Rice
Ballantine Books, 1986
Ann Rice loves history and telling a good story.
+ A Decadent, "Historical" Tale + A good read for delving into your soul. + Fascinating look into a unique historical period + History not Fantasy
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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood: A Novel 1173 reviews Rebecca Wells
Perennial, 1997
Great Seller!
+ The secrets of the popular girls
The seller made a mistake by putting "hard cover" for the book I purchased when it was a soft cover book. When I received the book and contacted the seller instead of making me pay for shipping or wait for them to send me an envelope to send it back, they told me to just keep the book and fully ...
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New Orleans Legacy 16 reviews Alexandra Ripley
Grand Central Publishing, 1988
This novel is a true gem
+ Compelling Story - Abrupt Ending + New Orleans History. + What a Great Book! + A true New Orleans Legacy
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The Plantation Mistress 14 reviews Catherine Clinton
Pantheon, 1984
An honest description of the role of plantation mistresses
+ The Revealed Myth of the Plantation Mistress + Good Despite the Feminist Harping
I think the negative reviewers who discredit the book for being biased are, in fact, displaying their own prejudices. I have searched through the available literature on this subject, which is incredibly sparse, and this is the first book I have found that even attempted to portray these women's ...
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Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839 (Brown Thrasher Books) (Brown Thrasher Books) 5 reviews Fanny Kemble
University of Georgia Press, 1984
Excellent Documentary Resource for Women's History
+ A drop of kindness in an ocean of misery + I wrote a play about her in 1948. + A Valuable Contributuion to Civil War History + A sobering and melancholic narrative of slavery....
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Gone with the Wind 657 reviews Margaret Mitchell
Grand Central Publishing, 1993
*romantic sigh*
+ Favorite Book of All Time + Timeless! + A 10-star epic novel.
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Mrs. Robert E. Lee: The Lady of Arlington 11 reviews John Perry
Multnomah Books, 2003
What did he ever see in her?
+ General Robert E. Lee's Lady + LOVED IT + Facinating insight - well written + Interesting and informative
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One Wore Blue 28 reviews Heather Graham
Dell, 1991
This one is a classic!!
+ Prompt - Great Condition + classic, but not my favorite
As an avid reader of anything about the Civil War, I am always amazed at how historically inaccurate many books are. This one is the exception. To say that Heather Graham has done her homework would be an understatement. She has a unique talent for blending history, romance, and sexual tension ...
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And One Wore Gray 24 reviews Heather Graham
Dell, 1992
What a romance!!
+ It's absorbing... + You thought it couldn't get any better... + Part 2 of 3; This one is just as good as the first WOW
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Cold Sassy Tree 219 reviews Olive Ann Burns
Dial Press Trade Paperback, 1986
good service, good condition
+ A Great Place to Re-Visit + Great book + Wonderful depiction of a small southern town in the early 1900's + Perspectives on death
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Mary's World : Love, War, and Family Ties in Nineteenth-century Charleston 27 reviews Richard N. Cote
Corinthian Books, 2000
A MUST READ
+ touching, fascinating, personal view of the Antebellum South + A family of slaveowners. + Mary's World: A Review + Great Book!
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Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All: A Novel 39 reviews Allan Gurganus
Vintage, 2001
Stunning achievement
+ I Love This Book! + Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All + This, in my opinion, could just be the Great American Novel
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Virginia Embrace (Magnolia Road) 1 review Elizabeth Sherwood
Pinnacle, 1992
I have seen another person rate this a 5.......but not me!
This is a story of beautiful swan's watch, a family held plantation for 200 years. The children left to continue this heritage are Travis, lacy and mariette. Travis alternately loves the place and hates it. The only certainty is that he beds a slave (who he doesn't want to love) b. Mariette, the ...
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Forbidden Fruit 23 reviews Erica Spindler
Mira, 2003
I Read It Slowly To Make It Last!
+ I loved it + Eric certainly knows her crazies. + Great Fiction! + Move Over Joan Crawford!!!
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