Is anyone aware of a search engine that would help locate a book by character, setting, plot etc?
My mom, had a hardback that I read as a teenager in the 1970,s. At that time, I estimate that the book was 20 years old.
It was a WWI vet that returned shell shocked. He settles in the Appalachian area. The locals are afraid of him and leave him alone. A woman teacher comes to educate the kids. The hill people don’t trust her and she’s eventually taken by the local bad ass. There’s a great climax as the war weary vet confronts the hillbilly leader.
Without a title or author it seems hopeless. Unless, I could…
Search on
WWI Veteran
Appalachia
Schoolteacher
time period 1917-1922
published 1950’s
Is there a book search engine?