The big house
Subtitle: story of a Southern family
By: J. Keck
Edition: 2nd edition.
Publisher: Stonehaven
Published: 2014
Place of publication: [Knoxville, Tennessee]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9781500301118
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Social life and customs; Manners and customs; Families; Fiction
Description: "I don't know why Mama knew Daddy was going to hurt us," Minnie says. "She yanked us out of the bed and over to the wall. The door flew open. There was a huge explosion! Daddy had fired his shotgun into our bed." Minnie leaves boarding school to spend the summer at The Big House, her cherished Grandpa's home. She enjoys adventure, but she also learns of the dangers posed by the land and a river that can seduce the unwary. The arrival of Minnie's great-grandmother provides her with a fearless female role model, as well as tales of the elderly woman's antebellum past and how she survived the Civil War. She also learns of her Grandpa's struggle to build a post-Civil War cotton and lumber empire in a wilderness of swamps, disease, and treacherous men willing to steal and murder. Minnie's valuable lessons: one must face one's fears head-on, and one must never willingly become a victim. At the close of summer, young Minnie experiences devastating upheaval, but her innate courage allows her to face her fears ... and to eventually triumph over them.