The Wake of the Wind - A Novel (Paperback, 1st Anchor Books Ed)

A dramatic and thought-provoking novel of one family's triumph in the face of the hardships and challenges of the post-Civil War South.

The Wake of the Wind, J. California Cooper's third novel, is her most penetrating look yet at the challenges that generations of African Americans have had to overcome in order to carve out a home for themselves and their families. Set in Texas in the waning years of the Civil War, the novel tells the dramatic story of a remarkable heroine, Lifee, and her husband, Mor. When Emancipation finally comes to Texas, Mor, Lifee, and the extended family they create from other slaves who are also looking for a home and a future, set out in search of a piece of land they can call their own. In the face of constant threats, they manage not only to survive but to succeed--their crops grow, their children thrive, they educate themselves and others. Lifee and Mor pass their intelligence, determination, and talents along to their children, the next generation to surge forward. At once tragic and triumphant, this is an epic story that captures with extraordinary authenticity the most important struggle of the last hundred years.

General

Imprint:	Anchor Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 1999
First published:	December 1999
Authors:	J. California Cooper
Dimensions:	203 x 132 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	384
Edition:	1st Anchor Books Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-385-48705-4
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-385-48705-3
Barcode:	9780385487054

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