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Early in 1912, Eleanor Upjohn sits beside her father near a work camp where a new levee on the Mississippi River is being built. The levee offers the war‑shattered region a promise of stability, prosperity, and progress. Eleanor, a member of a practical, impatient modern clan, cannot help but be drawn to Kester Larne, the heir to the sprawling Louisiana plantation Ardeith. His antebellum charm sweeps her off her feet, yet she soon learns that Ardeith, long past its glory days, is mortgaged to the hilt and will require every ounce of modern ingenuity to survive.
First publish date: 1940
Genre: History/Modern History
Authors: Gwen Bristow
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