It's so easy to see the American Deep South as something inherently corrupt that we often forget there are good things about the South as well. The Sartoris family, for example, is a bastion of courtesy and friendliness in a sea of prejudice. Unvanquished tells their story of struggle against temptation during the Civil War and Reconstruction. William Faulkner's classic tale focuses on the metaphorical babies that we should keep when tossing out the bath water: in this case, the positive traditions of the Old South. | The Unvanquished by William Faulkner, Paperback | Indigo Chapters