| Foundation Stone Revised Edition Contributor(s): Warren, Lella (Author), Anderson, Nancy Grisham (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0817302883 ISBN-13: 9780817302887 Publisher: University Alabama Press OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1986 Annotation: The story of three generations of Whetstones captures the American pioneering spirit. It is a well-told chronicle of a family that loved, hoped, and struggled in a difficult world, unaware that they symbolized an era and a way of life. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 85024498 |
| Series: Library Alabama Classics |
| Physical Information: 1.39" H x 5.5" W x 8.24" (1.63 lbs) 672 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Using the history of Alabama and the stories of her pioneering ancestors, Lella Warren created the Whetstone clan who settled Alabama in the 1820s, helped lead it into the prosperity of the 1850s, and fought for it in the War Between the States. The historical background of Foundation Stone is authentic, but, more, it is a compelling story about believable characters. The story of these people--three generations of Whetstones--captures the American pioneering spirit. As an unidentified reviewer described the novel, "Lella Warren's 'Foundation Stone' is the long, well-told chronicle of a family that loved and hoped and struggled in a difficult world, unaware that they symbolized an era and a way of life." Foundation Stone was published in September 1940 and was on the Publishers Weekly bestseller list September 1940-February 1941, along with Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls and Wolfe's You Can't Go Home Again. |