When newly married Lidie sets out with her husband on their epic
journey from Ohio to the unknown territory of Kansas in the
mid-19th century, they are babes in the wood, writing on the blank
canvas of their new life together; pioneering westwards into
America's heartland - into the pregnancy of the modern USA. Like
most pregnancies, it proves uncomfortable, painful, exciting and
often downright dangerous. But, says Lidie, 'We don't know where
we're going, or what for, nor do we know anyone we're travelling
with. But we're perfectly certain it will all turn out best in the
end.' But does it? (Kirkus UK)
An American classic from the bestselling author of the
Pulitzer-winning A Thousand Acres. Lidie Newton is an extraordinary
female protagonist, a genuine Great American Character, like Huck
Finn or Isabel Archer. Lidie and her abolitionist husband join the
pioneering westward migration into America's heartland in the
middle of the last century. Together with their family and friends,
they find themselves caught amidst two great American
forces.Vicious arguments about freeing slaves, political
shenanigans and peacocking encounters over claims to land are about
to erupt into the bloodiest war the world has yet see-the American
Civil War. Against this chaotic background,The All-True Travels and
Adventures of Lidie Newton soars across the vista of the birth of
the modern United States of America.This classic American novel
shows, through the eyes of one remarkable woman, how shattering,
tragic and resilient the history of that land is.
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