1933. Winner of a Pulitzer Prize in 1933, 'The Store' is Stribling's second novel in the author's monumental trilogy, set in his native Tennessee Valley region of North Alabama. The novel's action begins in 1884, when Grover Cleveland became the first Democratic President since the end of the Civil War, and it center on the emergence of Colonel Miltiades Vaiden, a figure of wealth and power in the city of Florence. 'The Store' is a first-rate story-- Stribling succeeded in presenting the essence of an age thru the everyday lives of his characters. Early edition-- housed in a custom folding ... View More...
