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Benton's Row

1954 novel

Benton's Row is a 1954 historical novel by the American writer Frank Yerby. It was ranked tenth on the Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels that year.[1] It was one of several of his books set in nineteenth century Louisiana.[2] It follows the progress of four generations of the Benton family culminating in World War 1.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    Korda p.114
  2. [2]
    Davis p.51
  3. [3]
    Bonner Jr. p.81

Bibliography

  • Bonner Jr., John W. Bibliography of Georgia Authors, 1949–1965. University of Georgia Press, 2010.
  • Davis, Thadious M. Southscapes: Geographies of Race, Region, and Literature. University of North Carolina Press, 2011.
  • Korda, Michael. Making the List: A Cultural History of the American Bestseller, 1900–1999 : as Seen Through the Annual Bestseller Lists of Publishers Weekly. Barnes & Noble Publishing, 2001.
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