Pocket Books 577 (Feb., 1949). First Printing. Cover Art by Lynd Ward
When Stephen Fox arrived in New Orleans in 1825 on a pig boat, with a ten-dollar gold piece, a pearl stick pin, he pitted himself against the indolent, slave-ridden, caste bound planters, with the skill and daring of the card-sharp he was. He gambled, won and built "Harrow", the greatest mansion house and plantation in Louisiana. He took the love of three women: Odalie Orceneaux, his wife; her sister, Aurore; and Desiree, his Black mistress. Fox had a child by each of them. This story is charged with blood and passion and strife between the races. [ Source: Goodreads website at www.goodreads.com/book/show/1269821.The_Foxes_of_Harrow ]
The book was the basis for a rather good 1947 movie starring Rex Harrison and Maureen O'Hara. Here's an excerpt:
Pocket Books 577 (Feb., 1949). First Printing. Cover Art by Lynd Ward
When Stephen Fox arrived in New Orleans in 1825 on a pig boat, with a ten-dollar gold piece, a pearl stick pin, he pitted himself against the indolent, slave-ridden, caste bound planters, with the skill and daring of the card-sharp he was. He gambled, won and built "Harrow", the greatest mansion house and plantation in Louisiana. He took the love of three women: Odalie Orceneaux, his wife; her sister, Aurore; and Desiree, his Black mistress. Fox had a child by each of them. This story is charged with blood and passion and strife between the races. [ Source: Goodreads website at www.goodreads.com/book/show/1269821.The_Foxes_of_Harrow ]
The book was the basis for a rather good 1947 movie starring Rex Harrison and Maureen O'Hara. Here's an excerpt: