{"product_id":"this-side-of-glory-paperback","title":"This Side of Glory - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGwen Bristow\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e-bestselling author Gwen Bristow presents a captivating love story that dramatizes the struggle between the ways of the old Louisiana plantation families and those of the new twentieth-century South\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1912, Eleanor Upjohn sits with her father near the work camp, overseeing the construction of a levee on the Mississippi. In a region shattered by war, levees mean stability, prosperity, and modernity. While Eleanor is a member of a modern clan--practical, impatient, and ready for the future--she cannot help but fall for a man steeped in the ways of the Old South. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKester Larne is the heir to Ardeith, a sprawling Louisiana plantation whose glory days are long behind it, and his antebellum charm sweeps Eleanor off her feet. Only after they marry does she learn that Ardeith is mortgaged to the hilt and she will need every ounce of her modern ingenuity to save it . . . and her marriage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the third novel in Gwen Bristow's Plantation Trilogy, which also includes \u003ci\u003eDeep Summer\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Handsome Road\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGwen Bristow (1903-1980), the author of seven bestselling historical novels that bring to life momentous events in American history, such as the siege of Charleston during the American Revolution (\u003ci\u003eCelia Garth\u003c\/i\u003e) and the great California gold rush (\u003ci\u003eCalico Palace\u003c\/i\u003e), was born in South Carolina, where the Bristow family had settled in the seventeenth century. After graduating from Judson College in Alabama and attending the Columbia School of Journalism, Bristow worked as a reporter for New Orleans' \u003ci\u003eTimes-Picayune\u003c\/i\u003e from 1925 to 1934. Through her husband, screenwriter Bruce Manning, she developed an interest in longer forms of writing--novels and screenplays. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter Bristow moved to Hollywood, her literary career took off with the publication of \u003ci\u003eDeep Summer\u003c\/i\u003e, the first novel in a trilogy of Louisiana-set historical novels, which also includes \u003ci\u003eThe Handsome Road \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThis Side of Glory\u003c\/i\u003e. Bristow continued to write about the American South and explored the settling of the American West in her bestselling novels \u003ci\u003eJubilee Trail\u003c\/i\u003e, which was made into a film in 1954, and in her only work of nonfiction, \u003ci\u003eGolden Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e. Her novel \u003ci\u003eTomorrow Is Forever\u003c\/i\u003e also became a film, starring Claudette Colbert, Orson Welles, and Natalie Wood, in 1946.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 444\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.99 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 20, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758778843424,"sku":"9781480485372","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/db490e2737e5368d47535a4dd6de24ff.webp?v=1780135215","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/this-side-of-glory-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}