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...history stained by lynching and violence, they had acquired a new sheriff who was outspokenly determined to apply justice equally to blacks and whites. The leading politician, Kerney Woolbright, backed the sheriff's policy. So did Jason Hunt, the town's rich man. Even Bootlegger Jimmy Tallant was willing to accept this manifestation of the "new South"-provided his business was left alone...
...Sheriff Duncan Harper is too highprincipled to let anything illegal alone. So Bootlegger Tallant fights him. His weapon: Beckwith Dozer, a Negro stubborn enough to demand his "rights" and supple enough to let the embattled white men think they are using him. Tallant intends only to discredit the sheriff by forcing him to defend an "uppity" Negro. But the design gets out of hand when Tallant is shot by a shady associate. Dozer is suspected, and Sheriff Harper, trying to drive Dozer to safety in the next county, is killed when a slashed front tire blows...
...joke, in early 19th Century England, to be the eldest daughter of a poor Yorkshire vicar. Not even for a girl as lively, as pretty, as independent, as good and as beautiful as Arabella Tallant. Naturally she wanted to marry none of her awkward provincial suitors, so Mamma hustled her off to her wealthy London godmother who undertook to find Bella a rich husband. When the coach broke down on the way, Bella sought shelter at the nearest house, which turned out to be the country home of Mr. Robert Beaumaris, the handsomest, the most polished, the most excitingly built...
GUMBO YA-YA-Lyle Saxon, Edward Dreyer, Roberf Tallant - Houghton Mifflin...
...have shown weakness in the air, which should be good news for Charlie Roche and Leo Flynn if the Crimson forwards can keep the hard-charging Sub Base line from breaking through. The lineups: Harvard Sub Base DiLuzio, le le, Simonian Fisher, lt lt, Grotbus LeBart, lg lg, Tallant Faber, c c, Manning Allen, rg rg, Tate Foster, rt rt, Loepfe Champion, re re, Olson Tennant, qb qb, Hodges Jackson, lhb lhb, Jones Flynn, rhb rhb, Charouhus Cowen, fb fb, Moravee