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An epic tale that pits a son against the legacy of his family's desecration of the earth, and his own father's more personal violations, Jim Harrison's True North is a beautiful and moving novel that speaks to the territory in our hearts that calls us back to our roots. The scion of a family of wealthy timber barons, David Burkett has grown up with a father who is a malevolent force and a mother made vague and numb by alcohol and pills. He and his...
4) The clearing
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With The Clearing, Southeastern Booksellers Award winner Tim Gautreaux delivers a brutal novel of love, family, and redemption. Randolph Aldridge travels to a snake-infested Cypress mill in Louisiana to find his brother Byron, a troubled veteran of World War I. Once there, Randolph finds that By is a shell of his former self-and that the murderous cartel controlling the mill's casino won't give them any peace.
5) Somerset
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Follows the lives of two antebellum southerners, Silas Toliver and his best friend Jeremy Warwick, as they head into a new territory known as "Texas" in search of black gold.
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Wild horse round-up: Residents of Wild Horse Valley are being driven from their homes by a mysterious band of night riders. Adventurer Jack Benson makes his way to town to see if he can help even the odds.
Timber war: Nearly bankrupted by saboteurs, saw mill heiress Sally Martin sends a frantic letter to Larry Keane, her absentee partner in the Martin and Keane Lumber Company. Larry, a hard-drinking playboy, ignores the letter, preferring to leave...