You might like the Pelbar Cycle series by Paul O. Williams. "The Breaking of Northwall" is the first novel. It is about a post-atomic war North America which has recovered very slowly. Northwall is a Pelbar city on the Heart (Mississippi) River. Pelbar society is matriarchial; however, the central character is a male guardsman who is exiled from Northwall. The book is primarily about his interactions with the societies outside the Pelbar cities.
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