{"product_id":"deep-summer-paperback","title":"Deep Summer - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGwen Bristow\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBristow does \"a grand job of storytelling\" (the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) in this memorable novel of the late eighteenth-century pioneers who settled the Louisiana wilderness, establishing a civilization of charm, luxury, and tragic injustice \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor his service in the king's army during the French and Indian War, Judith Sheramy's father, a Puritan New Englander, is granted a parcel of land in far-off Louisiana. As the family ventures down the Mississippi to make a new home in the wilderness, Judith meets Philip Larne, an adventurer who travels in the finest clothes Judith has ever seen. He is a rogue, a killer, and a thief--and the first thing he steals is Judith's heart. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThree thousand acres of untamed jungle, overrun with jaguars, Indians, and pirates, wait for Philip in Louisiana. He and Judith will struggle with their stormy marriage and the challenges of the American Revolution as they strive to build an empire for future generations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the first novel in Gwen Bristow's Plantation Trilogy, which also includes \u003ci\u003eThe Handsome Road \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThis Side of Glory\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 424\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 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":42691120562239,"sku":"9781480485358","price":26.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/c449ffc9e88b6414584dbc4589f2dd9e.webp?v=1764991069","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/deep-summer-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}