Lake Pontchartrain: A Novel of Love and Betrayal

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By Thomas Grant ’64

Published July 24, 2018

Set in the Carolinas in the time between the Civil War and World War II, Lake Pontchartrain (Pegasus Publishers) follows a narrator who discovers truth and virtue after uncovering the complex past of Eleanor Forrester, her former slave and companion Deecee, and the man Eleanor loves.

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An inside look up the inside of a building, with four floors and a dinosaur skeleton visible.
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