Papers of Janice Daugharty, MS-22
VSU Archives
| ID | Title | Characters | Setting | Brief Review (Events) | Number of pages or number of words | Additional information | Box # | Folder # | Date written |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 112 | Land Grab | Herbert
Davidson Uncle Randolph J.L. Old Jim Lessie Ann Bobbie Jean Jack Alfonso |
The setting is a fictitious community named Calvin in rural South East Georgia. The land is owned by old white families with the exception of one black man whose land was bequeathed him following the abolition of slavery. | The central theme is the quest for possession of the land which can belong to no one. Man's arrogant claim to land ownership in an absurdity in view of his proclivity for human error and fragility. "We are all squatters, regardless of the deeds we hold."The conflict is the struggle for power and success and particularly for control of the land owned by the black man , because the protagonist, Herbert Davison, feels that it belongs to him. | 257 | Land Grab-Second of two typed copies note reviewed by Peachtree in Atlanta-good story, struggling-for style stage-proliferate adjectives… | 10 | 3 | 1984 or 1985 |