The Life and Times of Persimmon Wilson

Nancy Peacock
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Thorndike Press

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ISBN-10: 1410496783
ISBN-13: 9781410496782
DDC: Fic
Shipping Weight: 1.35 lbs ( .61 kgs)
540 Pages | Hardcover
Published/Released February 2017
Simultaneous Publications
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For fans of Cold Mountain and The Invention of Wings comes the epic journey of a slave-turned-Comanche warrior who travels from the brutality of a New Orleans sugar cane plantation to the indomitable frontier of an untamed Texas, searching not only for the woman he loves but also for his own identity.

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Customer Reviews

This is storytelling at its finest and most evocative. Peacock invites readers to take a journey through time, from slavery to freedom and death row, that will leave them in awe. The first-person narrative drives home the feeling of walking in Persimmon’s shoes . . . Readers will fly through the pages until reaching the end with sadness and satisfaction.
— RT Book Reviews