Out to Canaan (Magill’s Literary Annual 1998)
At a glance:
- Author: Janice Meredith Wilson
- First Published: 1997
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: The 1990’s
- Setting: Mitford, North Carolina
- Principal Characters: Tim Kavanaugh, Cynthia Coppersmith, Dooley Barlowe, Pauline Barlowe, Percy, Sadie Baxter, Louella, Esther Cunningham, Mack Stroupe, Hal Owen
- Genres: Long fiction, Regional fiction
- Subjects: African Americans, Dogs, Domestic work or workers
- Locales: Mitford, NC
Out to Canaan, the fourth book in Jan Karon’s series, transpires in Mitford, North Carolina, a town time forgot. In her first book, At Home in Mitford, she tells readers that the town’s vintage flavor is guarded by citizens who “discourage serious tourism.” Mitford’s lush private gardens and small-town green set around a war memorial create an ethos that recalls towns from Oxford, Mississippi, to Bath, Maine. Out to Canaan continues readers’ acquaintance with the soft-spoken and caring rector Tim Kavanaugh, whose marriage to Cynthia Coppersmith,...
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