All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton
Synopsis:
Jane Smiley, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres, returns with a novel that explores one of the crucial moments in American history and culture, the conflict between abolitionists and proslavery settlers over the future of the Kansas Territory in 1855-56. Smiley’s narrative goes far beyond any simple historical novelization or any didactic examination of the slavery question; The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton presents a multifaceted picture of the developing American character, as shaped not only by such explosive issues as slavery but also by the difficulties of the frontier and the day-to-day relationships between men and women.
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Original Publish Date:
1998-12-29
ISBNs:
0449910830
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Paperback
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