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May 10, 1953

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Mary Beth Gibson is the author of the award-winning Duncullen Saga, historical novels set in eighteenth-century Tipperary, Ireland, and Revolutionary War-era South Carolina.

Her newest release, Pryor Knowledge, explores everyday life in the early 19th century amidst the immensely popular world of horse racing.

M. B. Gibson is active in the Aiken Chapter of the South Carolina Writers Association and the Authors Club of Augusta. After teaching adolescents for over thirty years and raising three headstrong daughters, she now lives the quiet life with her husband in Blackville, South Carolina.

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	Aroon (The Duncullen Saga, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 204 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harps Upon the Willows (The Duncullen Saga, #2) 4.41 avg rating — 123 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Patience Can Cook a Stone (The Duncullen Saga, #3) 4.50 avg rating — 101 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pryor Knowledge: Horse Racing, Love, and Slavery in the Antebellum South 4.70 avg rating — 27 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Petigru Review (Vol 9) by Sasscer Hill (Goodreads Author) (Contributor ), Bob Strother (Contributor ), M.B. Gibson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor ) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Return to Natchez: Under the Hill

“Without a single exception, the most licentious spot that I ever saw.” That was travel writer, William Richardson’s take in 1816. Also described as “where the only thing cheaper than the body of a woman was the life of a man,” PRYOR KNOWLEDGE opens with a detailed description of this wild and wicked river town along the […]

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