Author: Charlotte Thomas March
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1504327071
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 559
Book Description
On a hot July day in 1894, in a southern city still reeling from the death and destruction wrought by the Civil War, a four-year-old boy is found hanging in a woodshed, his eleven-year-old brother crouching behind a stack of firewood. Jubal Leatherbury is a little boy of unusual sweetness and beauty, his face a childs version of his handsome father Henrys face. Henry Leatherbury grew up fatherless in New Orleans during the period known as misrule, a bizarre combination of martial law and complete lawlessness, in the years following the Civil War. His own sensuality responded to the licentious atmosphere of the city, and he entered young adulthood as a reckless, undisciplined youth who denied himself little. Married unwisely, and singularly ill-equipped for fatherhood, Henry faces the challenges unique to parents of wounded children when he discovers that his young son has been the victim of ongoing and terrifying abuse. In the story of Jubal Leatherbury, love tests the measure of the power of cruelty in the forming of a man and in the shaping of human society. Set in the post-Civil War South, it takes a unique look at race relations post-slavery, as the races begin the process of viewing each other through different eyes. Characters that quickly become real and memorable experience joy and sorrow, love and hate, human tragedy and triumph, but when the book is closed, it is love that will be remembered.
Jubal Leatherbury
Author: Charlotte Thomas March
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1504327071
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 559
Book Description
On a hot July day in 1894, in a southern city still reeling from the death and destruction wrought by the Civil War, a four-year-old boy is found hanging in a woodshed, his eleven-year-old brother crouching behind a stack of firewood. Jubal Leatherbury is a little boy of unusual sweetness and beauty, his face a childs version of his handsome father Henrys face. Henry Leatherbury grew up fatherless in New Orleans during the period known as misrule, a bizarre combination of martial law and complete lawlessness, in the years following the Civil War. His own sensuality responded to the licentious atmosphere of the city, and he entered young adulthood as a reckless, undisciplined youth who denied himself little. Married unwisely, and singularly ill-equipped for fatherhood, Henry faces the challenges unique to parents of wounded children when he discovers that his young son has been the victim of ongoing and terrifying abuse. In the story of Jubal Leatherbury, love tests the measure of the power of cruelty in the forming of a man and in the shaping of human society. Set in the post-Civil War South, it takes a unique look at race relations post-slavery, as the races begin the process of viewing each other through different eyes. Characters that quickly become real and memorable experience joy and sorrow, love and hate, human tragedy and triumph, but when the book is closed, it is love that will be remembered.
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1504327071
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 559
Book Description
On a hot July day in 1894, in a southern city still reeling from the death and destruction wrought by the Civil War, a four-year-old boy is found hanging in a woodshed, his eleven-year-old brother crouching behind a stack of firewood. Jubal Leatherbury is a little boy of unusual sweetness and beauty, his face a childs version of his handsome father Henrys face. Henry Leatherbury grew up fatherless in New Orleans during the period known as misrule, a bizarre combination of martial law and complete lawlessness, in the years following the Civil War. His own sensuality responded to the licentious atmosphere of the city, and he entered young adulthood as a reckless, undisciplined youth who denied himself little. Married unwisely, and singularly ill-equipped for fatherhood, Henry faces the challenges unique to parents of wounded children when he discovers that his young son has been the victim of ongoing and terrifying abuse. In the story of Jubal Leatherbury, love tests the measure of the power of cruelty in the forming of a man and in the shaping of human society. Set in the post-Civil War South, it takes a unique look at race relations post-slavery, as the races begin the process of viewing each other through different eyes. Characters that quickly become real and memorable experience joy and sorrow, love and hate, human tragedy and triumph, but when the book is closed, it is love that will be remembered.
The End of an Era
Author: John Sergeant Wise
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 490
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 490
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Maryland Historical Magazine
Author: William Hand Browne
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Category : Maryland
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Includes the proceedings of the Society.
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Category : Maryland
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Includes the proceedings of the Society.
Collier Collator
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Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages :
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Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages :
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National Five Digit Zip Code and Post Office Directory: Alabama-Montana
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Category : Postal service
Languages : en
Pages : 2498
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Category : Postal service
Languages : en
Pages : 2498
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National Five Digit Zip Code and Post Office Directory
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Category : Postal service
Languages : en
Pages : 2488
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Category : Postal service
Languages : en
Pages : 2488
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National Zip Code & Post Office Directory
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Category : Postal service
Languages : en
Pages : 2380
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Category : Postal service
Languages : en
Pages : 2380
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Pure-bred Dogs, American Kennel Gazette
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Category : Dogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1210
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Category : Dogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1210
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National Directory of Addresses and Telephone Numbers
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Category : Postal service
Languages : en
Pages : 2690
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Category : Postal service
Languages : en
Pages : 2690
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The Practice of Prayer
Author: Margaret Guenther
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1561011525
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
In this down-to-earth book on the essentials of prayer, Margaret Guenther answers many of the common questions of the spiritual life.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1561011525
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
In this down-to-earth book on the essentials of prayer, Margaret Guenther answers many of the common questions of the spiritual life.