Savannah Bound

Bernard Hardy writes about times and places that are in his blood—the heartlands of Lancashire and Northern England.

Cotton is king as Savannah Bound brings together the sparse hill farms of The Peak, the cotton fields of Georgia and the busy bye-ways of Manchester.

Suzannah from Savannah leaves the cotton fields of Georgia on a promise. A bright future beckons in that wonderful, distant city of Manchester. Ben's roots in the Peak District guide him through difficult times as he moves to Manchester to sell milk from the family's farms.

Can Ben and Suzannah survive the malevolent entwines of Mr. John and the smart young men of business?

The pull that youthful optimism exerts on family roots is a theme as relevant today as it was on the occasion of Queen Victoria's grand opening of the Manchester Ship Canal, or on the arrival of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show on the banks of the River Irwell.