Oh, Promised Land.
Publisher: The Dial Press
Published: 1940
Language: eng
Number of pages: 816
Subjects: Southwest, Old -- History -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
First sentence: Sam Dabney leaned his spade against a tree and was careful with the hickory handle, for a good spade was a valuable implement and must be protected.
Description: First novel of the Dabney family concerns the founding of the Mississippi Territory after the Revolutionary War.  Portrays politics, economics, slavery, and Native issues; war of 1812.
Notes: James Street's first published novel.