Taps for Private Tussie (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Jesse Stuart
- First Published: 1943
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Regional romance
- Time of Work: Twentieth century
- Setting: Kentucky
- Principal Characters: Grandpa Tussie, Grandma Tussie, George Tussie, Uncle Mott Tussie, Uncle Kim Tussie, Aunt Vittie Tussie, Sid Seagraves Tussie
- Genres: Long fiction, Regional fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life, Love or romance, Murder or homicide, South or Southerners, Twentieth century, Class consciousness, Poverty or poor people, Revenge, Funeral rites or ceremonies, Wealth, Appalachia, Kentucky
- Locales: Kentucky
The Story:
There was trouble at Grandpa Tussie’s. In the coal shed behind the schoolhouse where the Tussies lived, Uncle Kim’s body was beginning to smell. Kim Tussie had been killed in the war. The government had sent his body home, and now the Tussie clan had gathered for the funeral. Kim’s folks, Grandpa and Grandma Tussie, comforted Aunt Vittie, Kim’s wife, who was screaming and wailing. Uncle Mott, Kim’s brother, was telling how he had identified the body. Sid, Kim’s young nephew, was just excited. There had not been so much going on since he could...
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