Louis Bromfield
Author
Language
English
Description
A forthright woman disrupts the social order of upper crust New England in this Pulitzer Prize—winning family saga.
Tracing their lineage back to its colonial founders, the Pentland family of Durham, Massachusetts, is committed to preserving the "old ways." But time has its own way of moving restlessly forward. Patriarch John Pentland never understood why his niece Sabine married a man so beneath them. Now, after escaping to Europe twenty years...
2) Early autumn
Author
Series
Pulitzer Prize [library] volume 1927
Publisher
Franklin Library
Pub. Date
1977
Language
English
Description
Sabine Callendar had fled from the stifling propriety of Durham, New England twenty years ago. With a failed marriage behind her and an eighteen year old daughter to present to society, everyone is surprised to find that Sabine has returned, not as the pitiable and broken creature they expected, but as a strong and assured individual with an uncanny ability to see through the postures and pretenses of the society that oppressed her as a girl. With...
Author
Publisher
Harper & brothers
Pub. Date
[1945]
Language
English
Description
Bromfield's personal account of life and environmental practice at his Malabar Farm
Both memoir and environmental commentary, this unique and classic work by Louis Bromfield engages and educates us as he demonstrates the importance of sustainable
Author
Publisher
Harper & Bros
Pub. Date
c1955
Language
English
Description
Bromfield's continuing reflections about life and work at Malabar Farm
A sequel of sorts to his earlier book, Pleasant Valley, this book significantly adds to Louis Bromfield's body of work on agriculture, economics, and the value of home.
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14) Mrs. Parkington
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Susie Graham was working in her mother's boarding house when she met millionaire Augustus Parkington and became his wife. Now the 84-year-old family matriarch, Mrs. Parkington looks back on the decades of her family's ups and downs.
15) Brigham Young
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
The story of the Mormon pioneers' long wagon train west to the Salt Lake Valley, led by Brigham Young (Jagger). A subplot involves a trail scout (Power) who falls in love with a non-Mormon (Darnell) on the way.
16) The rains came
Series
Studio classic volume 36
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005, ©1939
Language
English
Description
An adaptation of the best-selling novel, this powerful drama features a star-studded cast and spectacular Oscar-winning special effects. Set in mythical Ranchipur, India, this visually thrilling epic is in the classic tradition of films about the aftermath of nature's fury. When lashing monsoon rains, massive flooding and a destructive earthquake strike, a handsome surgeon, Major Rama Safti (Tyrone Power) and his consort, the beautiful Lady Esketh...
