| The Scapegoat: Book IV of the Beulah Quintet Revised Edition Contributor(s): Settle, Mary Lee (Author) |
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ISBN: 1570031177 ISBN-13: 9781570031175 Publisher: University of South Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1996 Annotation: In a novel about casual and heedless acts that often lead to unthinkable results, Mary Lee Settle traces the fall of a West Virginia town that was first made rich by coal, then corrupted and destroyed by it. Set in 1912, this fourth volume of The Beulah Quintet - Settle's unforgettable generational saga about the roots of American culture, class, and identity and the meaning of freedom - propels readers with astonishing immediacy to a fateful day in a coal miners' strike in which relatives of the Beulah dynasty, only dimly aware of their blood ties, confront one another on opposing sides of the dispute. Emotions escalate to a frenzy of violence as Mother Jones, leader of the striking miners, calls for action in a community devastated by Southern resignation and by guilt associated with selling out to Eastern investors. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 96003364 |
| Series: Beulah Quintet S |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.52" W x 8.02" (0.84 lbs) 278 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In a novel about casual and heedless acts that often lead to unthinkable results, Mary Lee Settle traces the fall of a West Virginia town that was first made rich by coal, then corrupted and destroyed by it. Set in 1912, The Scapegoat propels the readers with astonishing immediacy to a fateful day in a coal miners' strike when distant relatives of Beulah dynasty, only dimly aware of their blood ties, face off in a dispute that escalates in the slaughter of an innocent man. |