3rd printing, June 1969. The Civil War had changed the South, breaking down many of the old social barriers . But when Eleanor Upjohn and Kester Larne fell in love, they found that the South hadn’t changed enough! Neither family wanted the marriage . To the Larnes, still living in gracious if seedy elegance, Eleanor was common, the descendants of white trash. And to the Upjohns, Kester was a spoiled playboy whose airs of gentility were simply a mask for laziness. But Eleanor and Kester were deeply enough in love to know their families were wrong. And they remained certain until the aura of honeymoon and romance wore off - when each found himself battling his heritage to keep their marriage alive!