num_pages: 309
description: They escaped their wartorn South and embraced the challenge of a strange new landIn a lush tropical paradise the South would rise again, plantations would flourish, and those who had fled their ravaged homes could begin life anew. They came from Texas, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana - wealthy planters invited by Brazil's Emperor Dom Pedro II himself, southern belles who had never soiled their lily-white hands, preachers, rednecks and blacks -- all thought they could escape the past...until fate drove them together again.Elinor Richler found destiny and desire with a man who had abandoned both... Tyler Ashby , aristocrat and doctor disillusioned by war, this lawless land was his one last desperate chance... Zaidee Richler , with her red-gold hair and wanton ways, she burned with danger and scorched all who touched her... Terrill Ruffin , pledged to exact vengeance on the Klansman who killed his wife, he would first make his fortune as a white man in this strange and complex new world... Jesse Rall , killer, conniver, survivor of the Amazon's perils - only in this savage wilderness could he rise to become the power that would ignite the simmering passions of them...
language: English
title: Farewell, My South
titlecomplete: Farewell, My South
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Bantam Books