![]() ![]() He attends West Point after Cooper turns down the appointment to reach his dream. Instead of managing the family’s rice plantation, Mont Royal, he begins his own very successful shipping company in Charleston. Clarissa and Tillet are the parents, Cooper, Orry, Ashton, and Brett are their offspring.Ĭooper is the eldest son, but he frequently clashes with his father, especially on the subject of slavery. Though not harsh slave-owners, they nevertheless treat their people as property. The Mains are rice planters who own slaves. ![]() Beginning almost 20 years before the start of the Civil War, North And South tell us the story of two families: the Mains of South Carolina, and the Hazards of Pennsylvania. I always found it hard to understand the climate of the times. In studying American History in school, and the Civil War, in particular, we are often given clinical reasons behind the war. There is more of everything in John Jakes’ novel North And South: more characters, more intrigue, more story, more history. If you’ve only seen the mini-series by the same name, you’re missing out on quite a lot. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.All Creatures Great And Small (Original Series). ![]()
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