Dawson's fall : a novel

The Resource Dawson's fall : a novel
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Dawson's fall : a novel
Title remainder
a novel
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Roxana Robinson
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eng
Summary
  • "The story of Dawson, his wife, Sarah, and their family during the violent days following the Civil War. Dawson is the editor in chief of a newspaper in Charleston, SC, trying to bring a dose of humanity and justice to a tumultuous world struggling to right itself"--
  • 1889, Charleston, South Carolina. Dawson, a man of fierce opinions, came from England to fight for the Confederacy in a war he understood as a conflict over states' rights. He later became the editor of the Charleston News and Courier, finding a platform of real influence in the editorial column and emerging as a voice of the New South. With his wife and two children, he tried to lead a life that adhered to his staunch principles: equal rights, rule of law, and nonviolence, unswayed by the caprices of popular opinion. But he couldn't control the political whims of his readers, his newspaper rapidly lost readership, and he was plagued by financial worries. And he couldn't control his heart ... -- adapted from jacket
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novels
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