Fausse-rivière : roman / Maurice Denuzière.
Part 2 of Denuzière's chronicle of a family of planters, the Damvilliers, that spans the period between 1830 and the 1940s. The year is1865. The Old South has been ravaged by the Civil War. Fausse-rivière is the story of its reconstruction, through the Bagatelle, the great cotton plantation on...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | French |
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[Paris] :
J.C. Lattès,
[©1979]
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| Series: | Denuzière, Maurice, 1926- Louisiane ;
t. 2. |
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| Summary: | Part 2 of Denuzière's chronicle of a family of planters, the Damvilliers, that spans the period between 1830 and the 1940s. The year is1865. The Old South has been ravaged by the Civil War. Fausse-rivière is the story of its reconstruction, through the Bagatelle, the great cotton plantation on the edge of the the Mississippi River. The slaves have been freed, but they are terrorized by the Ku Klux Klan, while Northern carpetbaggers compete for the remains of a civilization defended by aristocratic Virginia and Clarence Dandrige. |
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| Item Description: | Sequel to: Louisiane; sequel: Bagatelle. |
| Physical Description: | 547 pages, 10 unnumbered pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 547-548) |
| Action Note: | committed to retain |