I am very curious to find out if i ever have read the other 2 books in dutch years ago, but i think i just read this first book. Look away, beulah land paperback 1979 by lonnie coleman author. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers.
This is a story of the violent and hardscrabble reconstruction era in the south following the civil war. Navy reserves midshipmens school as the united states was engaged in world war ii. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers all about look away, beulah land by lonnie coleman. Lonnie coleman for the plantation of beulah land and its masters, the kendricks, the civil war has ended in humiliation inflicted by shermans rampaging soldiers. His beulah land was one big, happy, incestuous, family where salve and master lived more like intimate brothers and sisters than owner and property. Buy beulah land by lonnie coleman online at alibris.
Look away, beulah land by lonnie coleman 1977, hardcover. The film is set in the old south, with a time span ranging from 1827 to the postwar reconstruction era. May 10, 2008 the beulah land trilogy by lonnie coleman fed into the southern plantation fixation that i developed after reading gone with the wind as a high school freshman this was in the autumn of 1969, just after woodstock. Look away beulah land and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle.
Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and. This lazing approximation of southern speech and ways of the days during and just after the war between the states tends to airbrush out complexities of character and stringencies of emotion, but it works a certain slumberous charm in spite of some hideous events. A novel this book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. Possible ex library copy, thatll have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Look away beulah land has 2 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace.
May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Features the slaveholding, plantation owners kendrick clan. Beulah books gift tokens are the perfect gift for all ages. His novels beulah land and look away, beulah land were filmed in 1980 as the nbc miniseries beulah land starring lesley ann warren, michael. Beulah land 1980 harry falk, virgil vogel allmovie. Saga of the old american south, a georgia plantation and the men and women, both free and slave, who were born and died there 1800 to 1895.
Book 3 is on its way to me through mbag, which was mailed on may 8th so it can arrive any day and yesterday i ordered book 2 on abebooks. One of those long planters punches which starts circa 1800, winds up in 1881 having just about managed to overlook the civil war, and featuring life on the boundless georgia holdings called beulah land where blacks and white generally commingle so that integration is almost indistinguishable from miscegenation. Look away, beulah land by lonnie coleman and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Find and compare hundreds of millions of new books, used books, rare books and out of print books from over 100,000 booksellers and 60. This is the second book in the beulah land trilogy, and far more brutal than the first. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards.
Beulah land is an edited, movielength version of the threepart tv miniseries adaptation of lonnie coleman s multipart novels. It was made of passions, obsessions, and dreams, a goldenag. The people of the great plantation of beulah land, including the kendriksits mastersa union deserter. Lonnie coleman the golden vanity first edition 1962 scarce gay novel ebay. Franklyn is happy to see beulah land again, now rebuilt to look just like it did before literally. Sequel to beulah land from the same author more of the family ties are strung tightly. Well i am finally reading it i managed to order book 3 of the series on ebay which is traveling to me as we speak through mbag. Trio includes beulah land, look away, beulah land and legacy of beulah land. Look away, beulah land by lonnie coleman, hardcover barnes. Look away beulah land by lonnie coleman, 9780440146544, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Look away beulah land book by lonnie coleman 2 available.
In 1974, his book beulah land was a new york times best seller. Lonnie coleman has 17 books on goodreads with 7450 ratings. Look away beulah land by lonnie coleman book set, my. Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands affordable prices. Look away, beulah land now takes the plantation into late reconstruction 18791895, as beulah land gathers to itself all the good kin and marriedins, while withstanding the predations of the evil and greedy. Look away, beulah land by coleman, lonnie and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. See more ideas about books, my books and books to read. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. As i was walking, i saw a woman step out of a building holding a jar. The time jumps in beulah land often were frustrating as i wanted to read how the kendricks survived rather than have it explained to me later in the book. O beulah land, the second volume of the beulah quintet mary lee settles unforgettable generational saga about the roots of american culture, class, and identity and the meaning of freedom is a land hungry story.
The complete series list for related books lonnie coleman. This is the first of two books and i look forward to reading look away beulah land soon to catch up on the life and loves of. This sweeping epic dramatized the lives of two georgia families during the earlytomid 1800s. Look away, beulah land hardcover jan 01, 1977 coleman, lonnie. The bannaman legacy the desert crop the maltese angel the mallen trilogy the mallen streak the mallen girl the mallen lot. Coleman moved to new york and entered the navy and completed the u.
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Buy beulah land by lonnie coleman online at alibris uk. It follows the odyssey of johnny churchs descendants as they leave england in search of freedom and land. See all books authored by lonnie coleman, including beulah land, and the legacy of beulah land, and more on thriftbooks. William laurence coleman lonnie the beulah land trilogy beulah land the legacy of beulah land look away, beulah land. Jollys progress starred eartha kitt and wendell corey and ran for a week in december 1959. Go search best sellers gift ideas new releases deals store. The beulah land trilogy book series by lonnie coleman includes books beulah land, look away, beulah land, and the legacy of beulah land. Both families loved, prospered and lost during this period, and were both touched by the events of the civil war. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked. Look away, beulah land covers the years 18641874 and finds the kendricks struggling to survive the civil war, yankees and carpetbaggers. Look away, beulah land by lonnie coleman, 9780304300099, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Although novelist and playwright lonnie coleman 19201982 was born in georgia, he spent his. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged.
The elk family, which has long loathed the kendrick family, takes advantage of the union presence to try to bring low the people of oaks and beulah land. Discover book depositorys huge selection of lonnie coleman books online. Lonnie coleman is a versatile writer and a fine craftsman. Look away, beulah land by lonnie coleman librarything. List of books by author lonnie coleman thriftbooks. The characters are interesting and the book tells of the ups and downs of their marriages and lives and includes a villain, roscoe elk, who is a colourful and dastardly man whose life intersects with the kendricks. Look away beulah land by lonnie coleman nook book ebook. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. Internet archive wishlist beulah land open library series 4 great stories i movie reading mini books livros what others are saying. See the complete beulah land trilogy series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Coleman had three plays produced on broadway, but none were successful. Beulah land concerns the kendrick, elk and davis families in georgia during the early 19th c.
Not for everyone as there are adult situations in this book that would not appeal to all. The beulah land trilogy is among the best of the plantation novel genre. Find signed collectible books by lonnie coleman english. Be the first to ask a question about look away, beulah land. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Look away beulah land has 2 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace same. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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Colquitt, university of west alabama although novelist and playwright lonnie coleman 19201982 was born in georgia, he spent his adolescence in montgomery and his college years in tuscaloosa, both cities. The first book, beulah land, details the trials and tribulations of the slaveholding kendrick clan during the years 18001861. Lonnie coleman, an author whose works included the beulah land trilogy and several. Click to read more about look away, beulah land by lonnie coleman. Lonnie coleman 19201982 was an american novelist and playwright best known for writing the beulah land. Touching on issues of slavery, miscegenation, states rights and more, lonnie coleman draws a story of a family in conflict as well as in good times. His novels beulah land and look away, beulah land were filmed in 1980 as the nbc miniseries beulah land starring lesley ann warren, michael sarrazin. Related books series in order lonnie coleman fictiondb.
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