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Plot Summary of The Pilgrim Song
"Lewis Winslow has heavily invested in the stock market, but the crash of '29 leaves him a pauper. His daughter, Hannah Winslow, by all accounts a reclusive young woman, finds a deed to some property her mother's family owns. With the help of Clinton Longstreet, the Winslows make their way from NYC down to rural Ga. Can they learn to adjust to country life?

Kat Winslow, at 13, adjusts best to these new life conditions. However, her sisters, Jenny and Hannah, and her brother Josh, don't seem to be taking the changes with anything resembling good grace. Josh, a raging drunk before the crash, becomes a bootlegger to feed his alcoholic appetite.

Clinton Longstreet has never had much of a family. Now, he helps put the pieces of this broken famliy together."

Julie Gilbert, Resident Scholar

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Plot
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 1900-1920's
Poverty, surviving Yes
Kind of living: - farm poverty
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - wealthy
Age: - 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - healthy but a geeky weakling

Main Adversary
Identity: - society
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 10 (a tremendous amount)
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast - Deep South

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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