A clairvoyant child whose gift makes her the object of a tug-of-war between Christians and Native Americans in 1880s Oklahoma ignites a blood feud between her father and her bootlegging uncle. A first novel. 25,000 first printing. Tour.
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Anbieter: Abacus Bookshop, Pittsford, NY, USA
hardcover. Zustand: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1st. 8vo. Artikel-Nr. 003444
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Anbieter: Browse Awhile Books, Tipp City, OH, USA
Hard Cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: DJ Near Fine. 2nd Printing. Size: Large Octavo. Artikel-Nr. 01066722
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Anbieter: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDVery good in very good dust jacket. First edition *. Artikel-Nr. lower24kr1132
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Anbieter: Russell Books, Victoria, BC, Kanada
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Bargain book! Artikel-Nr. X000270
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Anbieter: Book Express (NZ), Shannon, Neuseeland
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 427 pages. Ex-libraryIn deep winter, early February 1887, two brothers, John and Lafayette Lodi, f lee Kentucky in the middle of the night, heading west toward Indian Territory. T he men carry their families with them in covered wagons, and - hidden between th em - a corrosive rivalry born of the inescapable bond of blood. John, tortoise-s tubborn, is a master gunsmith; Fayette is jealous, grasping, a mule thief and bo otlegger. Between the brothers, an ancient tragedy threatens to play itself out. Thus opens The Mercy Seat, an unblinking, keen-eyed vision of the settling of t he American West, told first by Mattie, the ten-year-old daughter of John Lodi, and echoed in the voices of the white townspeople who migrate into the Indian la nds. Set in the harsh and beautiful Ouachita Mountains of southeastern Oklahoma, the novel follows Matt as she struggles to hold her disintegrating family toget her with a mix of spite, loyalty, and fierce will. When Mattie is struck down by fever, a Choctaw healer brought in to pull the girl back from the territory of the dead recognizes in her a powerful gift of visions. But Matt turns away even from this imperative call in her desperation to restore her family to their home back East. As the bitter conflict mounts between John and Fayette, so does the war between her visions and her will - and in the final, unavoidable clash, Matt will hold both mercy and destruction in her hands. Artikel-Nr. 2326f
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Anbieter: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. A handsome first edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket. Signed by author Rilla Askew directly on the title page; After the death of her father, thirteen-year-old Rilla moves with her mother and her brother to live in a large house on the edge of a forest. Rilla is excited to be living in a big house, but she's also afraid. She's afraid of the dark, of the forest, and of the things that her mother tells her about the Mercy Seat. One night, Rilla is walking in the forest when she sees a light in the distance. She follows the light until she finds a small house. The woman who lives in the house tells Rilla that she is the Mercy Seat. She says that she can help Rilla find her way in the world and make the right decisions. Rilla is skeptical at first, but she decides to trust the Mercy Seat.; 8vo; Signed by Author. Artikel-Nr. 16077
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