Floodtide is a 1950 historical novel by the American writer Frank Yerby.[1] It was ranked seventh on the Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels that year.[2] Like many of his works of the era it is set in the South during the nineteenth century.

Floodtide
AuthorFrank Yerby
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistorical
PublisherDial Press
Publication date
1950
Media typePrint
Pages342

Synopsis edit

Ross Pary, the son of a saloon from the poor district of Natchez Under-the-Hill, schemes and fights his way up to join the slaveowner plantation elite of Mississippi.

References edit

  1. ^ Hill p.136
  2. ^ Korda p.110

Bibliography edit

  • Hill, James Lee. Anti-heroic Perspectives: The Life and Works of Frank Yerby. University of Iowa, 1976.
  • Korda, Michael. Making the List: A Cultural History of the American Bestseller, 1900–1999 : as Seen Through the Annual Bestseller Lists of Publishers Weekly. Barnes & Noble Publishing, 2001.