The Ordinary Grit: Courage Under an Unforgiving Sky - Couverture souple

Matson, Rocky

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798995796442

Editeur : Rocky Matson, 2026

Synopsis

South Dakota, 1889. The well on Elias Thorne's North Field has run dry. The railroad's land agent is circling. And the drought gripping the high plains shows no sign of letting go. The Ordinary Grit is told through four unflinching voices - each distinct, each carrying the weight of a life lived close to the bone. Elias Thorne is a farmer who measures his worth in what he refuses to surrender. The North Field is not just land - it is proof that a man can build something from nothing if he is willing to pay the price. Titus Croft is a blacksmith who speaks in iron and silence. He trusts his hands over his words and his work over his reputation. In a community held together by what its people build, Titus is the one who holds the pieces in place. Eleanor Briggs came from Boston with an education and a belief that a classroom could hold a fractured community together when nothing else could. Sharp, principled, and quietly fierce, she faces a frontier that tests everything she was taught to believe. Samuel Price is young enough to still believe in the stories - until one brutal season teaches him that real courage is smaller, quieter, and harder than anything he ever read about. When the railroad pushes in and the drought tightens its grip, all four will face the same question no one wants to answer out loud: how much are you willing to lose before you quit? Set against the vast, unforgiving landscape of the South Dakota Badlands, this is a story about ordinary people refusing to be broken - a community that disagrees, fractures, reconciles, and endures. 427 pages | Historical Fiction

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À propos de l'auteur

Rocky Matson is a South Dakota author, Navy veteran, and debut novelist. A Railroad Transportation Specialist for the South Dakota Department of Transportation, he brings firsthand knowledge of the land and railroads that shaped the northern plains. The Ordinary Grit was inspired by his family's own history - a great-grandmother who crossed from Norway alone at sixteen, a great-aunt who taught school in a sod schoolhouse, and the stories his father passed down before his passing in 2026. He lives in South Dakota with his wife Tammy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Rocky Matson
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798995796442
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Matson Tammy
• Nombre de pages: 374
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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