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Caroline Ferguson Gordon was an American novelist and literary critic. Born and raised in Kentucky, he published her debut novel, Penhally, published in 1931 and shortly afterward received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1932 and an O. Henry Award in 1934. Throughout her life, she published over 10 novels, three short story collections, and countless short stories in publications like Mademoisille, The Southern Review, Harper's Magazine, The Sewanee Review, and Shenandoah. She passed away in 1981.
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Listing 3 stories.
Attempting to make a fortune off of growing and curing tobacco in the South, a white man hires a Black couple to harvest the crops. When he hires another white man who disrespects the Black couple even less, he must begrudgingly intervene.
A young girl spends her summer mostly alone, weaving in and out of the townspeople's lives and fantasizing about princesses and fairy godmothers
A man at a family gathering reminisces on his early adulthood and his time spent with a larger-than-life cousin.