Forgot your password?  

A Thousand Acres Chapter Summary & Analysis - Book 3: Chapter 18 Summary

This Study Guide consists of approximately 57 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of A Thousand Acres.
This section contains 168 words
(approx. 1 page at 300 words per page)
Purchase our A Thousand Acres Study Guide

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,...
(read more)

This section contains 168 words
(approx. 1 page at 300 words per page)
Purchase our A Thousand Acres Study Guide
Copyrights
A Thousand Acres from BookRags and Gale's For Students Series. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.
Follow Us on Facebook