The Colonel's Dream

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"It is the turn of the twentieth century. Having achieved financial success in New York, Colonel French returns to his hometown of Clarendon, NC, determined to use his great wealth to bring about racial harmony through economic prosperity, in a south still reeling from the social upheaval of the Civil War. He devises schemes to bring jobs to all members of the community - without regard to 'race' - but underestimates the power of deep-seated racism to undermine his efforts. He fails horribly and loses his most cherished loved ones in the process, perhaps because he himself could not fully dispel his own Southern values."--Page [4] of cover.

subjects: Rich people,  Race relations,  United States Civil War, 1861-1865,  African Americans,  Racism,  Fiction,  Economic conditions,  City and town life,  Social conditions,  Veterans,  Failure (Psychology),  History,  Fiction, psychological,  United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, fiction,  North carolina, fiction,  Fiction, historical, general,  Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England),  Riddles, English (Old),  Latin Riddles,  History and criticism,  English poetry,  Exeter book,  Criticism and interpretation,  LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American,  FICTION / African American / Historical,  Fiction, historical,  Old English,  Fiction, general

Places: North Carolina,  United States

Times: Civil War, 1861-1865