The Valley of Shadows

Sangamon Sketches
Author: Francis Grierson
Introduction by Robert C. Bray
Paper – $19
978-0-252-06103-5
Publication Date
Paperback: 01/01/1990
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About the Book

"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

Book Details

Pages: 184 pages
History, Am.: 19th C.IllinoisLiterature, AmericanMidwest RegionalWestern Americana

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