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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) 4.06 avg rating — 239 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) 4.44 avg rating — 151 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) 4.52 avg rating — 126 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 4.73 avg rating — 51 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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A Dark Anniversary

Today is the Ides of March, in the Year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Twenty-Six. It is also the 260th anniversary of the 1766 execution of Parish Priest Nicholas Sheehy of County Tipperary, Ireland. Father Sheehy’s story forms the backbone of my trilogy, The Duncullen Saga. Father Sheehy was lynched, drawn, and […]

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