The TVA sends a young field administrator to rural Tennessee to supervise the construction of the Tennessee River Dam. Opposition to his employing (with pay) local black laborers is met by the local people, particularly a farmer who objected to the practice. The eviction of an old woman from her island house in the river and the young man's love connection with the bereaved granddaughter of that woman are major narrative points.
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The TVA sends a young field administrator to rural Tennessee to supervise the construction of the Tennessee River Dam. Opposition to his employing (with pay) local black laborers is met by the local people, particularly a farmer who objected to the practice. The eviction of an old woman from her island house in the river and the young man's love connection with the bereaved granddaughter of that woman are major narrative points.
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