The Old Gray Homestead

The Old Gray Homestead is a novel written by Frances Parkinson Keyes, first published in 1937. The story is set in the small town of St. Elmo, Louisiana, and follows the lives of the Larned family, who have lived in their ancestral home, the Old Gray Homestead, for generations.The novel begins with the death of the family patriarch, Judge Larned, and the subsequent struggles of his widow, Mary, and their four children to keep the family home and estate intact. As the years pass, the Larned children grow up and face their own challenges, including love affairs, financial difficulties, and family secrets.Throughout the novel, Keyes paints a vivid picture of life in the South during the early 20th century, with its social customs, racial tensions, and economic disparities. She also explores themes of family loyalty, tradition, and the enduring power of the past.The Old Gray Homestead is a richly detailed and emotionally resonant novel that offers a compelling portrait of a bygone era and the people who lived in it. It is a timeless story of love, loss, and the enduring bonds of family.""You'll make me cry if you talk to me like that!"" she said quickly. ""Oh, Austin, I've countless things to say to you, but first of all I want to tell you that I'll never leave you like this again, that it's--just as real as I am, that you can have just as many days as you care to now, and that I'll spend them all showing you how much right you have!"" And she threw her arms around his neck and drew his face down to hers, oblivious alike of Andre on the front seat and all the passing crowds on Fifth Avenue.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.