Hardcover, 307 pages. Dark blue boards. Gold lettering on spine. Binding tight. Pages clean with mild toning. Owners name in ink on inside front cover. Spine has shelf wear and one chip at bottom. See photo. No dust jacket. This is an historical novel is about life in the South post Civil War, and the choices one woman makes. Themes include the Freedmen Association, carpetbaggers, KKK, help from the north, lost plantations, newly wealthy and the newly poor.