Gabriel Tolliver

Gabriel Tolliver: A Story of Reconstruction by Joel Chandler Harris is about the life of Cephas and Sophia, who one day receive a letter from an old friend. Excerpt: "Cephas! here is a letter for you, and it is from Shady Dale! I know you will be happy now." For several years Sophia had listened calmly to my glowing descriptions of Shady Dale and the people there. She was patient, but I could see by the way she sometimes raised her eyebrows that she was a trifle suspicious of my judgment and that she thought my opinions were unduly colored by my feelings."