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(0)Donald McCaig
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The dashing renegade who didn't give a damn is back in a vivid, sweeping novel fully authorized by the estate of Margaret Mitchell. Twelve years in the making, here is the exciting life and times of Rhett Butler. Return to a time of hoop skirts and frock coats, national tensions and personal passions. Meet a young Rhett and, through his eyes, those who shape his larger than life personality: his father, Langston, a brutal slave owner who tries to...
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"Authorized by the Margaret Mitchell Estate, here is the first-ever prequel to one of the most beloved and bestselling novels of all time, Gone with the Wind. The critically acclaimed author of Rhett Butler's People magnificently recounts the life of Mammy, one of literature's greatest supporting characters, from her days as a slave girl to the outbreak of the Civil War. "Her story began with a miracle." On the Caribbean island of Saint Domingue,...
3) Nop's trials
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English
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Tells of the difficulties faced by the young Border Collie, Nop, after he is stolen, and of the relentless efforts made by his farmer owner to recover him.
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Spanning some twenty years of American history, from the end of the Civil War to the Battle of Little Bighorn, a fictional portrait of post-Civil War America ranges from Reconstruction-era Richmond and a struggling Virginia plantation, to the trading floors of Wall Street and the Great Plains, where an arrogant George Custer faces a fateful confrontation with Sitting Bull. By the author of Jacob's Ladder.
5) Nop's Hope
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A grief-stricken young woman takes to the road, joining the sheepdog trial circuit with her faithful border collie in this moving follow-up novel to Donald McCaig's modern classic, Nop's Trials After her husband and daughter are killed in a car accident, Penny Burkeholder leaves her Shenandoah Valley home with her eighteen-month-old border collie, Hope, the only friend she has left in the world. Together, they make their way across the country in...
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The bestselling author of Nop's Trials presents the true story of his search for the perfect sheepdog In April of 1988, Donald McCaig traveled to Scotland to buy a young, well-bred female sheepdog to raise and train for use on his three-hundred-acre Virginia farm. He knew exactly what he wanted: a Scottish border collie, considered the best sheepdog in the world because the breed is hardworking, smart, strong, and fast, with unique personalities....
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Pub. Date
2018
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English
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The bestseller now in trade paperback for the first time to coincide with the publication of the author's new book. Fully authorized by the Margaret Mitchell estate, Rhett Butler's People is the astonishing and long-awaited novel that parallels the Great American Novel, Gone With The Wind. Twelve years in the making, the publication of Rhett Butler's People marks a major and historic cultural event. Through the storytelling mastery of award-winning...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 31
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English
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A story of the interlocked lives of masters and slaves before and after the Civil War, based on the recollections of Maggie, a light-skinned slave, whose love affair with Gatewood Plantation heir Duncan Gatewood resulted in much heartache, as well as a son.
