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Legendary figures of Mississippi’s past-flatboatman Mike Fink and the dreaded Harp brothers-mingle with characters from Eudora Welty’s own imagination in an exuberant fantasy set along the Natchez Trace. Berry-stained bandit of the woods Jamie Lockhart steals Rosamond, the beautiful daughter... read more
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- Clement Musgrove: An "innocent" planter; father of Rosamond.
- Mike Fink: A flatboatman of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers; a semi-legendary historical figure.
- Jamie Lockhart: A blonde-haired man who clement befriends.
- Rosamond Musgrove: Clement's daughter by his first wife, Amalie; a beautiful but habitually untruthful young woman.
- Salome Musgrove: Clement's second wife, who married him after the two survived captivity with Indians.
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It was the close of day when a boat touched Rodney's Landing on the Mississippi River and Clement Musgrove, an innocent planter, with a bag of gold and many presents, disembarked.
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Original Language: English
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 11/8/
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Publication Date: 1978
ISBN: 0156768070
Page Count: 185
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 11/8/
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1978
ISBN: 0156768070
Page Count: 185
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- Dewey: 813.52
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