FIRE IN BEULAH.
by Askew, Rilla
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670888435
- ISBN 13
- 9780670888436
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Synopsis
Set during the tense days of the Oklahoma oil rush, Rilla Askew 's Fire in Beulah is a mesmerizing story that centers on the complex relationship between Althea Whiteside, an oil wildcatter's high-strung wife, and Graceful, her enigmatic black maid. Their juxtaposing storiesand those of others close to themunfold against a volatile backdrop of oil-boom opulence, fear, hatred, lynchings that climax in the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921, when whites burned the city's properous black community. Askew's award-winning first novel, The Mercy Seat , was praised for its astute diepiction of family bonds and the beauty of American landscape. Now she explores the American race story with the same perception.
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- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000016643
- Title
- FIRE IN BEULAH.
- Author
- Askew, Rilla
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670888435
- ISBN 13
- 9780670888436
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (2001)
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