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5.0 out of 5 stars History and good love stories, August 4, 1998

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This review is from: Deep Summer (Library Binding)

I discovered Gwen Bristow in Junior High. I know I've read all of her books at least 3 times since then. The Plantation Trilogy is her best. This one of the three. Too bad it's out of print. Also Calico Palace. I cannot visit San Fransisco without seeing the early days through Gwen's writing. She was one of the best historical fiction writers.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Best series of Books I have ever read!!!!, January 19, 1998

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This review is from: Deep Summer (Library Binding)

Deep Summer is only the first of 3 books to complete the Plantation Trilogy. The book starts out with a family of 4 heading down from New England in the mid 1700's to start a new life in the Deep South. You will follow this family and many other families all the way to the early 1900's. It is amazing to read and imagine how these people felt during all the ups and downs the Plantation life has to offer them, good and bad!! I reccommend this book to everyone who is at all interested in history or just a good ole love story.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An Amazing Book, October 15, 2001

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This is the first Gwen Bristow novel I've ever read. Her historical fiction is wonderful. This is the first of her plantation trilogy, set in what becomes Louisiana, prior to the American Revolution. It follows the Larne and Sheramy families, telling how they carved their empires out of the forests. It's a great love story, a great historical novel, and my favorite of the trilogy.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Wonderful!!
This is a beautifully written book, the first in Gwen Bristow's "Plantation Trilogy." I first read the books when I was a teenager and I recently decided to re-read them. Read more

Published 8 months ago by A Reader

5.0 out of 5 stars A Grand Story, A Great Start to the 3 Book Series That All Historical Romance Readers Should Read!!
Gwen Bristow's Plantation Series is a series for all lovers of Historical Romance! "Two abiding passions held them together--their love and their dream of an empire in the... Read more

Published 21 months ago by Ayden & Chase

5.0 out of 5 stars ------One of the very best stories about the South-------
I recently decided to go back and reread some books that I had enjoyed as a teenager. I started with author Gwen Bristow's DEEP SUMMER. Read more

Published on December 9, 2007 by Judith Miller

5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting look at early Louisiana
This is a wonderful tale of two families settling into Louisiana while it was still a wilderness, carving out their homes, crops, subsequent plantations and family dynasties,... Read more

Published on June 6, 2007 by Misfit

4.0 out of 5 stars How did the Southern lifestyle come into existence?
A very interesting novel about how the Louisiana plantation life got started in the first place. Through the life of Judith, a girl originally from Connecticut, the reader sees... Read more

Published on September 3, 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars Great classic!
Romance from Pre-Revolutionary Louisiana. (written 1937) A Puritan woman from New England meets up with a slave-smuggler /rogue while traveling the Mississippi River. Read more

Published on August 24, 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!
The first book to her excellent trilogy, Gwen Bristow is great for writing her books so that you feel as you are living right there with the characters, feeling their triumphs and... Read more

Published on January 11, 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars Celia Garth
This was the first book of Gwen Bristow's I read...an excellant story about the American Revoluntary War viewed through a young girl's eye. A real pager turner for all ages.

Published on December 8, 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Deep Summer
Although hard to find a copy of this book, it is well worth the hunt. Excellant for all ages and very romantic. You'll turn the pages fast, laugh, gringe, cry... Read more

Published on December 8, 2001 by A. Owens

5.0 out of 5 stars Swept Off My Feet
I recentlly was privleged to find this book at a thrift store for 60 cents...hard bound and in perfect condition. Read more

Published on September 3, 2001 by Robin L. Burcham

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moss house, mosquito bar, deep summer, honey child

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New Orleans, Miss Judith, Walter Purcell, Miss Dolores, Roger Sheramy, West Florida, New England, Mark Sheramy, Alan Durham, Caleb Sheramy, Philip Lame, Philip Larne, Thad Upjohn, Ardeith Plantation, Baton Rouge, Gideon Upjohn, Louis Valcour, Carl Heriot, Sylvie Durham, United States, Aunt Dolores, Governor Unzaga, King George, Miss Emily, Rattletrap Square

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