Fire in Beulah
by Rilla Askew
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Orange, Virginia, United States
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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
- Bound2please Books B2plz (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 042622L
- Title
- Fire in Beulah
- Author
- Rilla Askew
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Viking
- Date Published
- 2001
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Oklahoma, Racism, oil rush
- Bookseller catalogs
- Historical fiction;
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