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It is 1917 in the South Dakota Badlands, and summer has been hard. Fourteen years have passed since Rachel and Isaac DuPree left Chicago to stake a claim in this unforgiving land. Isaac, a former Buffalo Soldier, is fiercely proud: black families are rare in the West, and black ranchers even... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Isaac Dupree: Add a description of this character.
- Mary
- Johnny
- Thomas Lee
- Emma
- Liz
- Mama
- Trudy
- Alise
- Inez
- Mindy Mckee
- Rachel
- Lydia Prather
- Charlie Johnston
- Baby Henry
- Mrs Svenson
- Ida B. Wells-barnett
- Mr Brandon
- Isaac Two
- Iris
- Manny Franks
- Franklin
- Mrs Clay
- Mabel Walker
- Butler
- Fred Schuling
- Al Mckee
- Mr Jackson
- Rose Douglas
- Pipe
- Halle
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First Sentence edit
I still see her, our Liz, sitting on a plank, dangling over that well.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Ann Weisgarber (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Macmillan New Writing
Country: England
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 0230706495
Page Count: 306
Publisher: Macmillan New Writing
Country: England
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 0230706495
Page Count: 306
Awards edit
- Orange Award for New Writers (Finalist, 2009, Shortlist)
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- Dewey: 813.6
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