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Book 3: Chapter 18 Summary
Although many outside of Zebulon County own larger pieces of land, Larry had purchased one of the largest areas of land in the county. The family story was one of poor people who had been hoodwinked into purchasing marshland, which, when drained, revealed very fertile soil. Two land purchases were made in 1938, the year Ginny's grandmother Edith died, one 180- and another 220-acre piece. Ginny recollects her father purchasing the Ericson farm at the time of her mother's death, how her father had boarded it up until 5 years later, when she, at 19, and Ty married.
Book 3: Chapter 18 Analysis
Ginny wonders whether her grandmother Edith was silent out of temperament or out of fear: the family stories do not address the issue. Ginny thinks the soil itself is the real treasure, with not only a past and present but a future as well. However, the soil is also seen moving cross-sectional,...
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