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The Robber Bridegroom

3.5/5 ( ratings)

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 of pioneer planter Clement Musgrove, to set in motion this frontier fairy tale.

"For all her wild, rich fancy, Welty writes prose that is as disciplined as it is beautiful"

Language: English

Pages: 192

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Mariner Books

Release: November 08, 1978

ISBN: 0156768070

ISBN 13: 9780156768078

The Robber Bridegroom

3.5/5 ( ratings)

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 of pioneer planter Clement Musgrove, to set in motion this frontier fairy tale.

"For all her wild, rich fancy, Welty writes prose that is as disciplined as it is beautiful"

Language: English

Pages: 192

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Mariner Books

Release: November 08, 1978

ISBN: 0156768070

ISBN 13: 9780156768078

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