Oil is king of East Texas during the darkest years of the Great
Depression. The Stoddard girls--responsible Mayme, whip-smart
tomboy Jeanine, and bookish Bea--know no life but an itinerant one,
trailing their father from town to town as he searches for work on
the pipelines and derricks. But in a year of devastating drought
and dust storms, the family's fortunes sink further than they ever
anticipated when a questionable "accident" leaves the girls and
their mother, Elizabeth, alone to confront the cruelest hardships
of these hardest of times.
Returning to their previously abandoned family farm, the
resilient Stoddard women must now place their last hopes for
salvation in a wildcat oil well that eats up what little they have
left . . . and on the back of late patriarch Jack's one true
legacy, a dangerous racehorse named Smoky Joe.
General
Imprint: |
William Morrow
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
June 2008 |
First published: |
June 2008 |
Authors: |
Paulette Jiles
|
Dimensions: |
203 x 141 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
368 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-06-053733-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Historical fiction
|
LSN: |
0-06-053733-7 |
Barcode: |
9780060537333 |
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