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Waters Plantation
Author: Myra Hargrave McIlvain
Genre: Historical Fiction
Number of Pages: 326
Word Count: 107,00
Pride and power create tension between a man’s image of himself
and the truth he must face.
It is 1875 in Texas, and Albert Waters takes pride in his image—
prosperous merchant and plantation owner who freed slaves before the
Civil War and gave them land afterward. Then his son Toby, ready to
depart for Harvard Medical College, demands answers. Was his mother a
slave?
Al and the Waters plantation co-operative of freedmen create a thriving
community as they educate their children and work their land. They
organize against political forces trying to regain control through rape,
lynchings, and the rise of the KKK.
Al finds new life when Amelia arrives to rekindle their long-ago love. In
the rapidly changing world swirling around him, Albert must confront
the image he holds of himself if he wants to keep Toby and Amelia, the
two people he loves most.
Author: Myra Hargrave McIlvain
Genre: Historical Fiction
Number of Pages: 326
Word Count: 107,00
Pride and power create tension between a man’s image of himself
and the truth he must face.
It is 1875 in Texas, and Albert Waters takes pride in his image—
prosperous merchant and plantation owner who freed slaves before the
Civil War and gave them land afterward. Then his son Toby, ready to
depart for Harvard Medical College, demands answers. Was his mother a
slave?
Al and the Waters plantation co-operative of freedmen create a thriving
community as they educate their children and work their land. They
organize against political forces trying to regain control through rape,
lynchings, and the rise of the KKK.
Al finds new life when Amelia arrives to rekindle their long-ago love. In
the rapidly changing world swirling around him, Albert must confront
the image he holds of himself if he wants to keep Toby and Amelia, the
two people he loves most.
