C.J. Heigelmann
ASIN: B077QB1RNN
Publisher: COMMON FOLK PRESS
Pages: 368
Winner, INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARDS, Multicultural Fiction, 2021Finalist, WISHING SHELF BOOK AWARDS, Adult Fiction, 2020COLD MOUNTAIN meets The Color Purple!An epic American Civil War literary saga that explores the intimate relationships between folk of diverse cultures during an era of suffering and hate; spanning cultures, continents, and generations. Narrated in the Antebellum tradition.Shay is an orphan. A young Asian boy with no link to his past – except for a mysterious jade amulet – and no idea what fate has in store for his future. Not until an American merchant captain raises him to be a man, who becomes a valiant Union Army scout during the height of the American Civil War.Across the oceans, a young girl is ripped from her African homeland and tossed aboard a ship set sail for America. She is sold to an Alabama plantation like livestock; her name, her identity, and her life are ...