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Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
xiv, 316 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
Hoping to sell some of her watercolors, Becca Sims wanders into the seaside Gallery Valentine, never expecting that her life will be transformed by the gallery owner and his best friend, in a novel set in small-town South Carolina.
Author
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
426 p. : ill., 1 map ; 24 cm.
Description
A story based on the true experiences of a Civil War heroine finds Carrie McGavock witnessing the bloodshed of the Battle of Franklin, falling in love with a wounded man, and dedicating her home as a burial site for fallen soldiers.
Author
Series
Bregdan Chronicles volume 2
Publisher
Bregdan Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
544 pages ; 21 cm.
Description
"Burdened with the responsibility of running an entire plantation, Carrie Cromwell fights to understand the forces tearing her beloved country apart. As battles rage around her, she watches her life as her life slowly unravels and she discovers truths she would never have imagined. Will her actions and decisions push her even farther from those she loves? When the danger she dreads becomes reality, will she find the courage and strength to escape?"--Author's...
Author
Series
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
510 pages ; 21 cm.
Description
La azarosa historia de una esclava en el Santo Domingo del siglo XVIII que logrará zafarse de los estigmas que la sociedad le ha impuesto para conseguir la libertad y, con ella, la felicidad.--Desde la descripción de la editorial.
"The story of a mulatta woman, a slave and concubine, determined to take control of her own destiny in a society where that would seem impossible"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Bregdan chronicles volume 5
Publisher
Bregdan Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017?]
Physical Desc
477 pages ; 21 cm.
Description
"The power of the Union army brings the South to its knees in surrender, but not until a year of intense pain and chaos creates a chasm that may be impossible for the country to bridge. Carrie struggles to hold on to hope as the world caves in around her; hanging on to the promise she has been given. She also finally gets to reveal the secret she has held so close. Moses is gravely wounded in battle. Robert's plantation takes a severe loss, but is...
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
xlvii, 480 p., [14] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Description
An interpretation of the American classic refutes statements about the work's dehumanizing qualities as cited by James Baldwin in 1955, explaining how it served to raise period awareness about slavery and abolitionism and continues to provide insight into modern race relations and other social issues.
13) Conjure women
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
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"Conjure Women is a sweeping story that brings the world of the South before and after the Civil War vividly to life. Spanning eras and generations, it tells of the lives of three unforgettable women: Miss May Belle, a wise healing woman; her precocious and observant daughter Rue, who is reluctant to follow in her mother's footsteps as a midwife; and their master's daughter Varina. The secrets and bonds among these women and their community come to...
14) Conquistadora
Author
Publisher
Suma De Letras
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
508 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
"Even as a young girl in nineteenth-century Spain, Ana Cubillas is drawn to the exotic island of Puerto Rico by the diaries of an ancestor who traveled there with Ponce de Leon. And in twin brothers Ramon and Inocente, both in love with Ana, she finds a way to get there: she marries Ramon and convinces the brothers that their destiny is in the remote sugar plantation they have inherited on the island. But Ana's fantasies haven't prepared her for the...
15) The known world
Author
Publisher
Amistad
Pub. Date
2004, c2003
Physical Desc
388 p. ;
Description
Henry Townsend, a black farmer, bootmaker, and former slave, has a fondness for Paradise Lost and an unusual mentor -- William Robbins, perhaps the most powerful man in antebellum Virginia's Manchester County. Under Robbins' tutelage, Henry becomes proprietor of his own plantation -- as well as of his own slaves. When he dies, his widow, Caldonia, succumbs to profound grief, and things begin to fall apart at their plantation: slaves take to escaping...
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