Donald McCaig
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English
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"Fully authorized by the Margaret Mitchell estate, Rhett Butler's People is the astonishing and long-awaited novel that parallels the Great American Novel, Gone with the Wind. Tweleve years in the making, the publication of Rhett Butler's People marks a major and historic cultural event. Through the storytelling mastery of award-winning writer Donald McCaig, the life and times of the dashing Rhett Butler unfolds." -- Amazon.
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English
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On the Caribbean island of Saint Domingue, an island consumed by the flames of revolution, a senseless attack leaves only one survivor -- an infant girl who falls into the hands of two French émigrés. They take the beautiful child they call Ruth to the bustling American city of Savannah. What follows is the sweeping tale of Ruth's life as shaped by her strong-willed mistress and other larger-than-life personalities she encounters in the South: Jehu...
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English
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This sequel to Donald McCaig's award-winning Civil War novel Jacob's Ladder delivers a gripping saga of Reconstruction America from Lee's 1865 surrender at Appomattox to Custer's 1876 massacre at Little Big Horn. McCaig follows the changing fortunes of a diverse ensemble of characters, including Edward, a wartime top sergeant for the 38th Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops. Travelling west as a scout, trail cook, cattle driver, and sharpshooter, he marries...
4) Nop's trials
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Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
©1984.
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English
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The story of a farmer, Lewis Burkholder, and his young Border Collie, Nop. When Nop is stolen, he embarks on an ordeal of peril and hardship and survives only through courage.
6) Nop's Hope
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Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
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A grief-stricken young woman takes to the road, joining the sheepdog trial circuit with her faithful border collie in this moving follow-up novel to Donald McCaig's modern classic, Nop's Trials After her husband and daughter are killed in a car accident, Penny Burkeholder leaves her Shenandoah Valley home with her eighteen-month-old border collie, Hope, the only friend she has left in the world. Together, they make their way across the country in...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In 1804, Ruth is taken from her home in Saint-Domingue and sold into slavery in Savannah, Georgia. There she is put into service at Tara, the cotton plantation of the O'Hara family. This prequel to Gone with the Wind, authorized by the estate of Margaret Mitchell, explores the past of Mammy, one of the most beloved characters from the original classic novel.