{"product_id":"know-nothing-mary-lee-settle-9781570031168","title":"Know Nothing: Book III of the Beulah Quintet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn unforgettable generational saga about the roots of American culture, class, identity, and the meaning of freedom\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in the decades preceding the Civil War, \u003ci\u003eKnow Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e tells the tragic tale of Peregrine Catlett and his second son, Johnny. The year 1837 brings a host of perils to their verdant West Virginia valley. Amid financial panic, debate over the abolition of slavery, and mounting tension between North and South, Peregrine considers freeing his slaves but believes that, with his children scattered, his only hope of retaining his plantation rests on the use of slave labor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohnny returns to this father's farm but stays only until the outbreak of hostilities. He soon loses sight of his reasons for joining the Confederate forces and ends up fighting both family and friends with disastrous results.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Lee Settle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1570031169\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781570031168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of South Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.04h x 5.54w x 0.96d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mary Lee Settle","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939688579327,"sku":"9781570031168","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_19704c1b-7dd6-4245-b867-d3ddab66e2ab.jpg?v=1681442935","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/know-nothing-mary-lee-settle-9781570031168","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}