Pride's Castle

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Pride's Castle
AuthorFrank Yerby
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistorical
PublisherDial Press
Publication date
1949
Media typePrint

Pride's Castle is a 1949 historical novel by the American writer Frank Yerby. It was ranked ninth on the Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels that year.[1] Like many of his books it is set in nineteenth century America. Although it was his first novel set in the North, the protagonist is a Southerner.[2] It was adapted as an episode of the The Philco Television Playhouse that aired on NBC in September 1949, with Anthony Quinn, Catherine McLeod and Louise Allbritton in the cast.

Synopsis[edit]

Pride Dawson rises to become a robber baron in Gilded Age New York.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Korda p.97
  2. ^ Hill p.181

Bibliography[edit]

  • Hill, James Lee. Anti-heroic Perspectives: The Life and Works of Frank Yerby. University of Iowa, 1976.
  • Korda, Michael. Making the List: A Cultural History of the American Bestseller, 1900–1999 : as Seen Through the Annual Bestseller Lists of Publishers Weekly. Barnes & Noble Publishing, 2001.