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Description edit
First of 6 books in the Caskey family saga. In this one, Oscar Caskey meets Elinor, a woman without ID or any known background whom they discover trapped on an upper floor of the local hotel when the Perdido River floods and swamps the entire town of Perdido, Alabama.
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Characters/People edit
- Elinor: a redheaded schoolteacher stranded in a hotel during a flood of the Perdido River
- Oscar Caskey: heir to the local sawmill fortune and Elinor's rescuer
- Sister Caskey: Oscar's old-maid sister
- James Caskey: Oscar's uncle
- Genevieve Caskey: James Caskey's wife, who rarely makes an appearance in town
- Grace Caskey: James and Genevieve's 6-year-old daughter
- Lavinia Caskey: the widowed, controlling matriarch of the Caskey family
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 6 in Blackwater. (standard series)
Followed by Michael McDowell's Blackwater II.
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Avon
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Publication Date: 1983
ISBN: 0380814897
Page Count: 152
Publisher: Avon
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1983
ISBN: 0380814897
Page Count: 152
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- Dewey: 813.54
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