Bridges - Paperbackby Leatha J. Patton (Author) Because their lives have always been overshadowed by the residual effects of a horrific ordeal from the post Civil War era, life for the Beckfords consistently remains somewhat tentative. But then, in relatively modern times, a specifically horrendous event occurs on their sprawling thousand acres which will cause cleavage within the family to persistently linger for years. The plot then thickens as the youngest Beckford