Levine, Robert S (Robert Steven) 1953- Search this
Physical description:
xxxvii, 616 pages ; 22 cm
Type:
Fiction
Place:
Dismal Swamp (N.C. and Va.)
Date:
2006
1856
Notes:
"First published in the United States of America by Phillips, Sampson and Company in 1856. Edition with an introduction and notes by Robert S. Levine first published by Penguin Books in 2000"--Title page verso
Contents:
Dread; A tale of the great dismal swamp -- I: The mistress of Canema -- Clayton -- The Clayton family and sister Anne -- The Gordon family -- Harry and his wife -- The dilemma -- Consultation -- Old tiff -- The death -- The preparation -- The lovers -- Explanations -- Tom Gordon -- Aunt Nesbit's loss -- Mr. Jekyl's opinions -- Milly's story -- Uncle John -- Dread -- The conspirators -- Summer talk at Canema -- Tiff's preparations -- The worshippers -- The camp-meeting -- II: Life in the swamps -- More summer talk -- Milly's return -- The trial -- Magnolia grove -- The troubadour -- Tiff's garden -- The warning -- The morning star -- The legal decision -- The cloud bursts -- The voice in the wilderness -- The evening star -- The tie breaks -- The purpose -- The new mother -- The flight into Egypt -- The clerical conference -- The result -- The slave's argument -- The desert -- Jegar Sahadutha -- Frank Russel's opinion -- Tom Gordon's plans -- Lynch law -- More violence -- Engedi -- The slave hunt -- "All over" -- The burial -- The escape -- Lynch law again -- Flight -- Clear shining after rain
