In this Book
- The Forge
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: The University of Alabama Press
- Series: Library Alabama Classics
The first book in T. S. Stribling's award-winning Vaiden Trilogy about life in north Alabama at the onset, during, and after the Civil War
Originally published in 1931, The Forge introduces the Vaiden family, residents of the rural north Alabama of Stribling’s own youth. The Vaidens are a family of white yeoman farmers who scratch out a living in the social and financial shadow of the Lacefields, masters of an opulent plantation nearby.
The novel opens on Alabama’s secession and the onset of the Civil War. It traces the story of Miltiades Vaiden, who enlists in the Confederate army, and explores the ways the Vaidens, Lacefields, and freed slaves attempt to adapt to the collapse of southern society on the home front.
After The Forge, Stribling continued the Vaiden saga in 1932 with The Store, which earned him the Pulitzer Prize. He completed the trilogy in 1934 with The Unfinished Cathedral. Together, the three books paint a portrait of the agrarian South of the mid-nineteenth century, its destruction, and the beginnings of a mercantile future.
Table of Contents
- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-iv
- Introduction
- pp. v-xviii
- Chapter One
- pp. 1-13
- Chapter Two
- pp. 14-21
- Chapter Three
- pp. 22-29
- Chapter Four
- pp. 30-37
- Chapter Five
- pp. 38-44
- Chapter Six
- pp. 45-51
- Chapter Seven
- pp. 52-64
- Chapter Eight
- pp. 65-68
- Chapter Nine
- pp. 69-75
- Chapter Ten
- pp. 76-87
- Chapter Eleven
- pp. 88-97
- Chapter Twelve
- pp. 98-112
- Chapter Thirteen
- pp. 113-127
- Chapter Fourteen
- pp. 128-137
- Chapter Sixteen
- pp. 138-147
- Chapter Seventeen
- pp. 148-151
- Chapter Eighteen
- pp. 152-161
- Chapter Nineteen
- pp. 162-168
- Chapter Twenty
- pp. 169-179
- Chapter Twenty-One
- pp. 180-189
- Chapter Twenty-Two
- pp. 190-198
- Chapter Twenty-Three
- pp. 199-202
- Chapter Twenty-Four
- pp. 203-212
- Chapter Twenty-Five
- pp. 213-215
- Chapter Twenty-Six
- pp. 216-225
- Chapter Twenty-Seven
- pp. 226-231
- Chapter Twenty-Eight
- pp. 232-242
- Chapter Twenty-Nine
- pp. 243-248
- Chapter Thirty
- pp. 249-258
- Chapter Thirty-One
- pp. 259-264
- Chapter Thirty-Two
- pp. 265-275
- Chapter Thirty-Three
- pp. 276-282
- Chapter Thirty-Four
- pp. 283-291
- Chapter Thirty-Five
- pp. 292-301
- Chapter Thirty-Six
- pp. 302-311
- Chapter Thirty-Seven
- pp. 312-319
- Chapter Thirty-Eight
- pp. 320-329
- Chapter Thirty-Nine
- pp. 330-340
- Chapter Forty
- pp. 341-351
- Chapter Forty-One
- pp. 352-357
- Chapter Forty-Two
- pp. 358-367
- Chapter Forty-Three
- pp. 368-374
- Chapter Forty-Four
- pp. 375-381
- Chapter Forty-Five
- pp. 382-394
- Chapter Forty-Six
- pp. 395-400
- Chapter Forty-Seven
- pp. 401-410
- Chapter Forty-Eight
- pp. 411-417
- Chapter Forty-Nine
- pp. 418-424
- Chapter Fifty
- pp. 425-431
- Chapter Fifty-One
- pp. 432-439
- Chapter Fifty-Two
- pp. 440-447
- Chapter Fifty-Three
- pp. 448-452
- Chapter Fifty-Four
- pp. 453-461
- Chapter Fifty-Five
- pp. 462-475
- Chapter Fifty-Six
- pp. 476-485
- Chapter Fifty-Seven
- pp. 486-488
- Chapter Fifty-Eight
- pp. 489-493
- Chapter Fifty-Nine
- pp. 494-501
- Chapter Sixty
- pp. 502-506
- Chapter Sixty-One
- pp. 507-512
- Chapter Sixty-Two
- pp. 513-517
- Chapter Sixty-Three
- pp. 518-521
- Chapter Sixty-Four
- pp. 522-526
Additional Information
Copyright
1985