The healer's daughter / Charlotte Hinger.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781432849696
- ISBN: 1432849697
- Physical Description: 617 pages ; 23cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Farmington Hills, Michigan : Large Print Press, 2020.
- Copyright: ©2019.
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Subject: | African Americans > Kansas > History > 19th century > Fiction. Frontier and pioneer life > Kansas > Fiction. United States > Race relations > Fiction. |
Genre: | Romance fiction. Historical fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library. (Show)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Prince Rupert Library | LP Hing (Text) | 33294002076354 | Large Print | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2019 March #1
Hinger, a Western Kansas historian ("Lottie Albright" mysteries;
Copyright 2019 Library Journal.Come Spring ), here fictionalizes the town of Nicodemus, the first all-black settlement in Kansas. It seems a natural follow-up to her meticulously researched nonfiction work,Nicodemus: Post-Reconstruction Politics and Racial Justice in Western Kansas . Bethany Herbertâyoung, newly freed, and very skilled at healingâjoins a group of other freed slaves who have been promised a veritable paradise in Kansas. There is, of course, no paradise awaiting them, but through their own hard work, they wrestle a community out of the harsh, unforgiving prairie. In this starkly realistic story, the townspeople struggle against outside threats and internal conflict to survive, giving new voice to those whose history the author recounted in her earlier work.VERDICT Somewhat reminiscent of Jane Kirkpatrick'sA Light in the Wilderness , this is far grittier. Readers who appreciate historical accuracy in their fiction will find this a powerful read. The impressive degree of realism and Hinger's skillful weaving of personalities and story lines make it a real page-turner.âPamela O'Sullivan, Coll. at Brockport Lib., SUNY