![]() ![]() The story takes us back to July 1906, telling the tale of an overtly energetic Mr Enoch Rucker Blakeslee whose wife Mattie Lou has just died. An incomplete sequel followed in 1992, under the title Leaving Cold Sassy, but Burns did not live long enough to see its publication.Īccording to several critics the fictional town of Cold Sassy was based on an actual place known as Harmony Grove, nowadays known as Commerce. ![]() She had created a wow of a book, and the book-her readers and her publishers decided-demanded a sequel”. As Carolyn See reviewed the book in the Los Angeles Times, “Olive Burns, in this publication process, became a cash cow. ![]() The book was published in November 1984 and soon was highly acclaimed by the critics. When Burns wrote the novel, she was suffering from chronic lymphoma and was also sixty years old. It was written by Olive Ann Burns, and was her first work. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own.Ĭold Sassy Tree is a historical novel set in the fictional town of Cold Sassy of Georgia in the United States in the first decade of the twentieth century. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]()
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