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Helen Halsey; or, The Swamp State of Conelachita

A Tale of the Borders

William Gilmore Simms

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978-1-61117-683-4
Published: Jul 1 2016

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While one of the lesser-known of Simms's border romances, the novella Helen Halsey is nevertheless a strong work. The frontier adventure of Helen Halsey, like many of Simms's other border romances, deals with violence and marital issues on the frontier. Helen Halsey is a tale of passion in which the heroine is trapped in an exploitative domestic situation.




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