The Marrowbone Marble Company
The Marrowbone Marble Company by Glenn Taylor is a reprint edition published by HarperCollins on April 26, 2011, featuring 368 pages in English. Set in 1941, the narrative follows Loyal Ledford, who works at the Mann Glass factory in Huntington, West Virginia, and is romantically involved with Rachel, the boss’s daughter. The attack on Pearl Harbor prompts Ledford to enlist, altering the course of his life. Upon returning from the war, he struggles with his past and the authority at Mann Glass, eventually finding a connection with his cousins, the Bonecutter brothers, and the land known as Marrowbone Cut.
Readers will discover how Ledford’s journey unfolds over two decades as he navigates family life and the challenges of his community. The factory grounds become a significant site for the civil rights movement, reflecting the broader societal changes of the time. As Ledford grapples with his identity and the fight for his family, the story delves into themes of transformation and resilience within a changing landscape. This edition offers a rich exploration of personal and communal struggles against the backdrop of historical events.
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1941. Loyal Ledford works the swing shift at the Mann Glass factory in Huntington, West Virginia. He courts Rachel, the boss’s daughter, a company nurse with coal black hair. But when Pearl Harbor is attacked, Ledford, like so many young men of his time, sets his life on a new course.
Upon his return from service in the war, Ledford starts a family with Rachel but chafes under the authority at Mann Glass. He is a lost man, disconnected from the present and haunted by his violent past, until he meets his cousins the Bonecutter brothers. Their land, mysterious, elemental Marrowbone Cut, calls to Ledford, and it is there that The Marrowbone Marble Company is slowly forged. Over the next two decades, the factory grounds become a vanguard of the civil rights movement and a home for those intent on change. Such a home inevitably invites trouble, and Ledford must fight for his family.
Returning to the West Virginia territory of his critically acclaimed novel, The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart, Glenn Taylor recounts the transformative journey of a man and his community.
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