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02712aam a2200397 i 4500 001 089866E4D2B111ED872B743748ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230404012110 008 220915t20232022meu d 000 f eng 010 $a 2022044490 020 $a 9798885786096 (hardcover : large print) 035 $a (OCoLC)1344495337 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d IL2 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 10 $a PS3552.A49 $b M34 2023 082 00 $a 813/.54 $2 23 100 1 $a Banks, Russell, $d 1940-2023, $e author. 245 14 $a The magic kingdom / $c Russell Banks. 250 $a Large print edition. 260 $a Waterville, Maine : $b Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, $c [2023] 263 $a 2303 300 $a 597 pages (large print) ; $c 22 cm. 520 $a "In 1971, a property speculator named Harley Mann begins recording his life story onto a reel-to-reel machine. Reflecting on his childhood in the early twentieth century, Harley recounts that after his father's sudden death, his family migrated down to Florida's swamplands--mere miles away from what would become Disney World--to join a community of Shakers. Led by Elder John, a generous man with a mysterious past, the colony devoted itself to labor, faith, and charity, rejecting all temptations that lay beyond the property. Though this way of life initially saved Harley and his family from complete ruin, when Harley began falling in love with Sadie Pratt, a consumptive patient living on the grounds, his loyalty to the Shakers and their conservative worldview grew strained and, ultimately, broke. As Harley dictates his story across more than half a century--meditating on youth, Florida's everchanging landscape, and the search for an American utopia--the truth about Sadie, Elder John, and the Shakers comes to light, clarifying the past and present alike. A dazzling tapestry of love and faith, memory and imagination, The Magic Kingdom questions what it means to look back and accept one's place in history. With an expert eye and stunning vision, Russell Banks delivers a wholly captivating portrait of a man navigating Americana and the passage of time" -- $c Provided by publisher. 610 20 $a Shakers $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Reminiscing in old age $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Man-woman relationships $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Real estate development $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Large type books. 651 0 $a Florida $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 lcgft 941 $a 3 945 $a lpt 952 $l KWPE446 $d 20230801010815.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20230502010509.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20230404020418.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=089866E4D2B111ED872B743748ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search