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  • Author:
    Du Bois, W. E. B.
    Summary:

    Cotton, the Silver Fleece, could be the answer to Zora and Bles' prayers for overcoming poverty. While attending school in Rural Alabama, they lovingly nurture their crop. but the white aristocracy is determined to control the price of...

  • Author:
    Rutledge, Archibald, Casada, Jim, Waring, Charles W.
    Summary:

    Archibald Rutledge's story "The Doom of Ravenswood" is a harrowing account of the power of the natural world and of the dangers for humans and animals alike to be found in the ominous swamps of the South Carolina Lowcountry. As the...

  • Author:
    Stratton-Porter, Gene
    Summary:

    A study of a swamp area in north-eastern Indiana.

  • Author:
    Rutledge, Archibald, Casada, Jim, Moïse, Ben McC.
    Summary:

    Unseen by readers for a century, Archibald Rutledge's story "Claws" is a fast-paced adventure tale of a young boy, Paul, lost in the foreboding terrain of Spencer's Swamp, the domain of the mighty bobcat Claws, which is deftly evading...

  • Author:
    Grigorescu, Alexandra
    Summary:

    An eerie and romantic Southern gothic drama. Gripping, fast-paced, gorgeously written, and with unforgettable characters, Cauchemar tells the story of 20-year-old Hannah, who finds herself living alone on the edge of a...

  • Author:
    Andrews, Ilona
    Summary:

    Bayou Moon introduces Cerise Mar, who lives in the Mire with her family. Cerise's family owns much of the Mire, the swamplands of the Edge. But another family is after their land. When Cerise's parents disappear, she fears the worst....

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