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The Valley of Shadows
Sangamon Sketches
Francis GriersonIntroduction by Robert C. Bray
Paper978-0-252-06103-5
$16.00
| Pub Date: | 1990 |
| Pages: | 184 pages |
"A superb narrative. . . . Grierson combines many aspects of Illinois mythology: prairie and dream, Lincoln and freedom, struggle and redemption. He also depicts the Lincoln country as a mythic Garden, inhabited by heroic pioneers who are swept into the valley of shadows, the coming national conflict . . . a unique achievement of uncommon power and symbolic depth---an Illinois masterpiece."
-- Reader's Guide to Illinois Literature
Subjects:
Illinois / History, Am.: 19th C. / Literature, American / Western Americana / Midwest Regional
