The Freeholder Author:Joe David Brown Two strong men -- one white, one black -- and the woman who loved them both: — HORATIO TENCH, a giant of a man who carved a great plantation out of a Southern wilderness, built the castle-like mansion that was called 'Tench's Folly,' and planted the seeds of a landowning dynasty. — KING, the immensely powerful, keenly intelligent black man who wor... more »ked side by side with Tench, shared in his growing good fortune, and in much else that was Tench's as well.
ADA, the beautiful, lusty girl who teased Tench into marrying her, rose to be a great lady, and found herself in a desperate conflict of emotions and desires.
Here is an unforgettable epic saga of the South in America's golden age of the plantations -- when passions burned as fiercely as the fiery summer sun, ande even the color line could melt before the needs of the flesh and the urgings of the heart.« less