Benton's Row

Benton's Row

1956 edition
Author	Frank Yerby
Language	English
Genre	Historical
Publisher	Dial Press
Publication date	1954
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print
Pages	346

Benton's Row is a 1954 historical novel by the American writer Frank Yerby. It was ranked tenth on the Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels that year. ^[1] It was one of several of his books set in nineteenth century Louisiana. ^[2] It follows the progress of four generations of the Benton family culminating in World War 1. ^[3]

References

1. Korda p.114
2. Davis p.51
3. Bonner Jr. p.81

Bibliography

• Bonner Jr., John W. Bibliography of Georgia Authors, 1949–1965. University of Georgia Press, 2010.
• Davis, Thadious M. Southscapes: Geographies of Race, Region, and Literature. University of North Carolina Press, 2011.
• 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.