{"product_id":"this-side-of-glory-9781480485372","title":"This Side of Glory","description":"\u003cb\u003eA dramatic love story set amid the changing world of early twentieth-century Louisiana from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1912, Eleanor Upjohn sits with her father near a work camp, overseeing the construction of a levee on the Mississippi. In a region shattered by war, levees mean stability and prosperity. While Eleanor is a modern woman--practical, impatient, and ready for the future--she cannot help but fall for a man still steeped in the ways of the Old South. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Kester Larne is the heir to Ardeith, a sprawling Louisiana plantation whose glory days are long behind it, and he sweeps Eleanor off her feet. Only after they marry does she learn that Ardeith is mortgaged to the hilt and she will need every ounce of her ingenuity to save it . . . and her marriage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is the third novel in Gwen Bristow's Plantation Trilogy, which also includes \u003ci\u003eDeep Summer\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Handsome Road\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A good story . . . An interesting psychological conflict . . . [And] there is a great deal more to it than that.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-42747\"\u003eGwen Bristow\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Road Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/20\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 444\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.99d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781480485372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1480485373\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC014000\"\u003eHistorical | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC008000\"\u003eSagas\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC027260\"\u003eRomance | Action \u0026amp; Adventure\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44523619090669,"sku":"9781480485372","price":28.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_97740fa6-7ebe-40a2-86ba-bf3742ae0e7b.jpg?v=1701322701","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/this-side-of-glory-9781480485372","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}