Author: Katy Simpson Smith
Publisher: Harper
Date of publication: February 2016
In 1788 three men converge in the southern woods of what is
now Alabama: Cat, an emotionally scarred white man; Bob, a garrulous black man
fleeing slavery; and Istillicha, who seeks retribution after being edged out of
his Creek town’s leadership.
In the few days they spend together, the makeshift trio
commits a shocking murder that soon has the forces of the law bearing down upon
them. Sent to pick up their trail, a probing French tracker named Le Clerc must
decide which has a greater claim: swift justice or his own curiosity about how
three such disparate, desperate men could act in unison.
Katy Simpson Smith skillfully brings into focus men whose
lives are both catastrophic and full of hope—and illuminates the beating heart
of a new America. A captivating exploration of how four men grapple with the
importance of family, the stain of guilt, and the competing forces of power,
love, race, and freedom.
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About Katy Simpson Smith
Katy Simpson Smith is the author of a study of early
American motherhood, We Have Raised All of You: Motherhood in the
South, 1750-1835, and a novel,The Story of Land and Sea. She lives
in New Orleans.
Connect with Katy Simpson Smith through her website.
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