Bone River (edit title/settings)

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• Leonie Monroe Russell: A young women married to an oysterman who dreams of becoming an ethnologist, although that choice would be difficult for a 19th century woman.
• Lord Tom: Leonie's 'tot'. A Shoalwater Indian orphan adopted by Leonie's father. He helps look after Leonie.
• Junius Russell: June. Leonie's husband. An oysterman with a mysterious past, a good friend of Leonie's father. He is much older than Leonie.
• Daniel Russell: Leonie's husband's son. A young, handsome, 27 year old, "newspaper reporter." He is angry at his father for abandoning him at a young age.
• Eleanor: Daniel's fiancee, a minister's daughter.
• Bibi Kafkis: An Indian shaman. Is she crazy, wise, or a witch?
• Louis Agassiz: Famous ethnologist with discredited ideas about human races.
• Willy: Bibi's son.
• Mac Wilson: Add a description of this character.
• Morton
• Evan Sanderson
• Eliza Brookner
• Jane Mannering
• Mr. Sanderson
• Adam Leach
• Toolux
• Yutilma
• Jackson Anders
• Mary
• Michael Johnson
• Will Dunn
• Billy Griffin
• Sydney Dawes
• Spencer Baird
• Elizabeth Jansen
• Mattie Jansen
• Robert McKenna
• Papa: Leonie's father
• Edna: Leonie's cow

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• “It's research. The Indians will be gone soon enough, but we can at least save something of them.”

  Junius

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• San Francisco

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Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

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• feminism

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Megan Chance (Author)

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• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Historical
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