The South was a violent semi-frontier sort of place and it r... - Flannery O'Connor

This quote is attributed to Flannery O'Connor.

"The South was a violent semi-frontier sort of place and it retained some qualities of that even up to now."

Flannery O'Connor History

Novelist American 1925–1964

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