 Continuing its exploration of the transformation of the American South from its traditional agrarian society to a new economic and social order, "The Store" follows the return from war of Miltiades Vaiden.The novel depicts how wealthy whites, yeomen farmer whites, and African American slaves attempt to adapt to life in the post-War South.Colonel Miltiades Vaiden, a decorated Civil War Confederate officer, former overseer of Crowninshield plantation and head of local KKK chapter, personal and economic trials and tribulations during the Reconstruction period.