small Southern town." The Literary Guild selected this novel in 1932 for one of its editions, which helped to stimulate its sales. The following year, Stribling won a 1933 Pulitzer Prize for this novel. The Pulitzer committee said they had selected it because "of its sustained interest, and because of the convincing and comprehensive picture it presents of life in an inland Southern community during the middle eighties of the last century." References 1932 American novels Pulitzer Prize for the Novel-winning works Novels about American slavery Novels set in Alabama Doubleday, Doran books