The Velvet Horn (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Andrew Lytle
- First Published: 1957
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Bildungsroman
- Time of Work: The 1880’s
- Setting: Tennessee
- Genres: Long fiction, Melodrama
- Subjects: Family or family life, South or Southerners, Nineteenth century, Farms, farmers, or farming, Reconstruction, Wells, Lumber or lumbering
- Locales: Tennessee
Characters Discussed
Captain Joe Cree, Julia Cropleigh’s husband. Cree is killed when he moves in front of a tree his crew is felling. The steady older cousin of the Cropleigh orphans, Joe married Julia to provide for her. At the time of his death, Cree was taking part in a risky business venture with Amelie Cropleigh. Cree explains to his son, Lucius, that he took part in the bargain—she sold him timber at a lower price and he agreed to cut it in half the usual time—so he could “repay” her for the death of her husband, whom he had sent on a dangerous mission during...
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