The Voice of Turtle Ann - Couverture souple

Smith, George Harmon

 
9780595207572: The Voice of Turtle Ann
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 059520757X ISBN 13 : 9780595207572
Editeur : iUniverse, 2001

Synopsis

This fast paced novel begins at the Potter Inn on the Wire Road. It is a dangerous time, not only for fifteen year-old Jethro Potter but for his sixteen year old sister Vienna, the reconstruction era following the Civil War. It was a time when outlaws roamed the land, a time when the Blacks began realizing they were free, a time when the Ku Klux Klan was organized, grew larger and larger, and harassed both the blacks and whites if they gambled, or resorted to stealing, and that time thousands of people were making ready to pour into the Oklahoma Territory. Jethro's life is disrupted when the Silmon gangsters kill their parents, and hang Jim Lucky, their hired Black man, and outlaws steal all of the Potter horses, $500 in gold, kidnapp Vienna and Jethro, and set out for their hide-out in the Oklahoma Territory. Turtle Ann trails the outlaws all the way to Camden Town in Arkansas, enabling the Black Militia to follow them. The militia overtakes the outlaw band near Camden, and during the pitched battle, Jethro escapes, and walks in to Camden Town. He uses his father's good name and borrows enough money to hire a posse to go after the outlaws, and in a furious chase, the posse catches up with the outlaws in the Oklahoma Territory.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This fast paced novel begins at the Potter Inn on the Wire Road. It is a dangerous time, not only for fifteen year-old Jethro Potter but for his sixteen year old sister Vienna, the reconstruction era following the Civil War. It was a time when outlaws roamed the land, a time when the Blacks began realizing they were free, a time when the Ku Klux Klan was organized, grew larger and larger, and harassed both the blacks and whites if they gambled, or resorted to stealing, and that time thousands of people were making ready to pour into the Oklahoma Territory. Jethro's life is disrupted when the Silmon gangsters kill their parents, and hang Jim Lucky, their hired Black man, and outlaws steal all of the Potter horses, $500 in gold, kidnapp Vienna and Jethro, and set out for their hide-out in the Oklahoma Territory. Turtle Ann trails the outlaws all the way to Camden Town in Arkansas, enabling the Black Militia to follow them. The militia overtakes the outlaw band near Camden, and during the pitched battle, Jethro escapes, and walks in to Camden Town. He uses his father's good name and borrows enough money to hire a posse to go after the outlaws, and in a furious chase, the posse catches up with the outlaws in the Oklahoma Territory.

Biographie de l'auteur

George Harmon Smith was born in Corney Bottom near Spearsvilee-Lillie, Louisiana. In addition to hunting, trapping and fishing, he worked on road right-of-ways, at sawmills, cutting pulp wood. As a Freshman at Louisiana Tech University, he entered and won three national literary events. He has been writing since his college years. After obtaining a Masters Degree, George began work on his doctorate at Ole Miss, and while he was there, he attended William Faulkner's funeral, met Bennett Cerf and other dignitaries.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
059520757X
ISBN 13 
9780595207572
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
128
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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