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She knows he's running guns for abolitionists (blond, effeminate, and brave, he's the Northern counterpart to Gone With the Wind 's Ashley), but she's totally unprepared for the hardscrabble life she's chosen.
This pair of romantic provincials came from a hardscrabble rural gynocracy, and also from the precincts of mythic caricature.
He grew up hardscrabble and was crippled in the bloom of his handsome prime!
Lawyers and judges are trying to raise money for the agency that many say has worked magic with little more than gumption, hardscrabble dollars and a rambling, second-floor warren of rooms across the street from City Hall.
The hardscrabble town of Sagres and the area around it are remote, rugged, and desert-like, with only a relative smattering of hotels, restaurants, and other facilities aimed at tourists.