The Chandler Heritage

About this book

Spanning three generations and nearly a hundred years this is a novel about a great Southern family dynasty like the few that even today still wield immense power over the lives of thousands of people and entire towns. Packed with memorable scenes and characters The Chandler Heritage is an utterly enthralling saga from its first page to its very last. A magnificent piece of story-telling it is compulsive reading throughout. We first meet the founder of the Chandler dynasty as a twelve-year-old fatherless boy hopelessly mired in the poverty of his North Carolina valley during the black days following the Civil War. But then young Bolivar Chandler makes an astonishing discoverythat miracles do happenand he decides that given sufficient determination anything is possible. Pursuing his goal single-mindedly he grows up to be a stern God-fearing man who eventually dominates the entire cotton industry from his personal fiefdomthe town name naturally enough Chandlerville.