John March, Southerner - Softcover

Cable, George Washington

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1517313066 ISBN 13: 9781517313067

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

In the State of Dixie, County of Clearwater, and therefore in the very heart of what was once the "Southern Confederacy," lies that noted seat of government of one county and shipping point for three, Suez. The pamphlet of a certain land company—a publication now out of print and rare, but a copy of which it has been my good fortune to secure—mentions the battle of Turkey Creek as having been fought only a mile or so north of the town in the spring of 1864. It also strongly recommends to the attention of both capitalist and tourist the beautiful mountain scenery of Sandstone County, which adjoins Clearwater a few miles from Suez on the north, and northeast, as Blackland does, much farther away, on the southwest.

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"When it comes down to moral honesty, limpid honesty, and utterly blameless piety, the Apostles were mere policemen [compared] to Cable." --Mark Twain

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"When it comes down to moral honesty, limpid honesty, and utterly blameless piety, the Apostles were mere policemen [compared] to Cable."--Mark Twain

Upon inspection, a life can be said to be a composite of mere when, where, why, how, and what. The fictitious character John March was born in the mid-nineteenth century in the formerly Confederate South. He is an inheritor of land and money, expected to become the quintessential "Southern gentleman." But into every life, some rain must fall, and John March, Southerner is no exception.

Cable's tremendous accomplishment in this novel is the clarity and honesty with which he presents the life of a man of his time, along with all the attendant ambivalence, indecision, joy, and sorrow such a life, and in fact any life, encompasses.
One of the greatest and most celebrated Southern writers of his day, George Washington Cable (1844-1925) helped lead the Local Color movement of the late 1800s with his pioneering use of dialect and his skill with the short-story form. A Southern reformist, Cable faithfully depicted the Creole way of life during the transitional post-Civil War period.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1517313066
• ISBN 13: 9781517313067
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 136