{"product_id":"unfinished-cathedral-library-of-alabama-classics-9780817302535","title":"Unfinished Cathedral (Library of Alabama Classics)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe third volume of T.S. Striblings Southern trilogy and was originally published in 1934  The trilogy  Striblings greatest literary achievement  is set in and around Florence  Alabama  and spans six decades of social  economic  and political change from the Civil War and Reconstruction to the 1920s. In each of the novels Stribling brings together the various social classes of the period  revealing their interdependency. The Forge is the story of the South during the period of the Civil War and Reconstruction  while The Store chronicles the changing social and economic landscape of the post-Reconstruction period and the rise to power of the mercantile class in the reconstructed South. In Unfinished Cathedral  Stribling continues the story of the dramatic transformation in the social structure of the South. The 1920s saw the control of society shift from the wealthy landowners and merchants to the rising middle class. This period also saw significant changes in the status of Southern women and blacks  and economically  a surge of prosperity was evident that was brought on by the land boom and the resulting influx of Northern dollars.  The University of Alabama Press reissued the first two novels in T.S. Striblings trilogy  The Forge and The Store  in 1985.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647837331509,"sku":"ByrdShop_0817302530","price":34.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780817302535.jpg?v=1781697558","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/unfinished-cathedral-library-of-alabama-classics-9780817302535","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}