Fairoaks

Guy Falks, an imposter, makes a tainted fortune and becomes a great aristocrat in the pre-Civil War South.

Christy Lashley (Sep 16, 2012 5 of 5 Stars) it was amazing: This is a sequel to The Dahomean and is just as amazing! Frank Yerby is one of the best story tellers I have ever had the pleasure of reading. I have never encountered a book of his that I didn't love. This book picks up where The Dahomean leaves off. The central character from that book who is a respected and honored leader of his tribe in Africa, is captured and sold into slavery and ends up in the Rural South on a plantation. Throughout all of his trials and hardships he never loses his honor. These two books began a wonderful love affair between myself and all of Frank Yerby's work. Amy Imogene Reads (Sep 09, 2019) bookshelves: historical-fiction: Some books find you at the exact right moment, and their sense of place in your memories is almost more important than their contents. I was 12. I was at a craft show with my grandma that I didn't want to be at, and found myself in the 10 cent bin outside of the local library during their book sale. It didn't have a slip jacket, and it didn't have a description. I bought it because it was blue. Later that weekend, I have the most vivid memory of sitting on my grandma's screened-in front porch, cicadas buzzing around her old Victorian, and reading this book with a cup of lukewarm coffee and a stack of Melba crackers. I remember loving it and reading it in one sitting. Some memories stick with you for reasons unknown. This reading experience was one of them. (I can't rate this because of the moment attached to it, and if my memory serves me right the book is a terrible product of its time in terms of class, race, and gender. So please don't take this review as an endorsement of its contents.) *Kate (May 08, 2017 - 5 of 5 Stars) it was amazing: I really enjoyed this book. It depicts life in the Southern US before