false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179066736m/870455.jpg 870455 3 <div>Legendary figures of Mississippi&#8217;s past-flatboatman Mike Fink and the dreaded Harp brothers-mingle with characters from Eudora Welty&#8217;s own imagination in an exuberant fantasy set along the Natchez Trace. Berry-stained bandit of the woods Jamie Lockhart steals Rosamond, the beautiful daughter of pioneer planter Clement Musgrove, to set in motion this frontier fairy tale. &#8220;For all her wild, rich fancy, Welty writes prose that is as disciplined as it is beautiful&#8221; (New Yorker).<br></div> 855827 1942 The Robber Bridegroom total:174|5:42|4:68|3:47|2:13|1:4| 174 653 258 25 4 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Thu Mar 20 20:39:25 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 21 20:06:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 15:09:23 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 03:05:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue May 06 11:18:29 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 07:38:48 -0700 2008 The book surprised me with how well the ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 13:36:59 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 13:48:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Aug 06 19:18:11 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 19:24:30 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Aug 05 21:20:30 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 21:33:20 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Nov 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 04:27:37 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 04:31:47 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 06:57:37 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 13:34:16 -0700 2009 ]]> 5 0 false false Thu Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 20:40:38 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 20:41:41 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Thu Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 22:32:28 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 13 20:08:50 -0700 2008 1
Supposedly a re-telling of Grimm's fairy tale "The Robber Bridegroon" (relocated along Mississippi's Natchez Trace), this tale is fantastical, dark (including r...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 20 20:40:35 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 20 20:48:08 -0800 2007 The Robber Bridegroom pulls all of the stops of Southern Gothic literature. Southern folk heroes, such as famed river-boatman Mike Fink, rub elbows ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 20:13:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 20:13:00 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Tue Feb 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 15:58:54 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 16:01:12 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 10:58:36 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 07:38:21 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Thu Dec 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 19:37:59 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 10:06:04 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Wed Jun 04 06:26:04 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 04 06:30:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Jun 06 09:11:53 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 14:22:07 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 09:11:53 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Mar 18 10:33:35 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 24 17:23:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jul 31 09:07:11 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 18:09:17 -0700 2008 It's not what I'd call thrilling, but it is well-written and interesting. :-)

"The Robber Bridegroom" certainly has a special place in ...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 21:43:09 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 21:47:48 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=870455