Know Nothing: Book III of the Beulah Quintet

by Mary Lee Settle

Book Overview

An unforgettable generational saga about the roots of American culture, class, identity, and the meaning of freedom

Set in the decades preceding the Civil War, Know Nothing tells the tragic tale of Peregrine Catlett and his second son, Johnny. The year 1837 brings a host of perils to their verdant West Virginia valley. Amid financial panic, debate over the abolition of slavery, and mounting tension between North and South, Peregrine...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570031169
• ISBN13: 9781570031168
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Part of a good series.

For some reason, my local library had all but this novel in Settle's excellent series. I've read The Beulah Quintet twice now and find the books rich and well written.

Book III of the Beulah Quintet

Novel set just before the Civil War and tells the tragic tale of Peregrine Catlett and his second son, Johnny. As Peregrine considers freeing his slaves, he realizes all his children have left, and he feels there's no recourse but to remain a slaveholder. Tied by a special bond to the land, Johnny returns, but only until the outbreak of war, when he joins the Confederate forces. But he loses sight of his reasons for joining the war...and ends up fighting both family and friends with disastrous results.