ISBN: 0822201488

[SR: 7138952], Paperback, [EAN: 9780822201489], Dramatists Play Service, Inc., Dramatists Play Service, Inc., Book, [PU: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.], Dramatists Play Service, Inc., The… Plus…

[SR: 7138952], Paperback, [EAN: 9780822201489], Dramatists Play Service, Inc., Dramatists Play Service, Inc., Book, [PU: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.], Dramatists Play Service, Inc., The time is 1866, the setting a wagon train moving slowly and perilously westward across the American frontier. Helen, the pampered young widow of an army colonel, and her fourteen-year-old daughter, Amy, are hoping for a new and better life in California. Used to the amenities of a refined Eastern upbringing, Helen tries bravely to adapt to the rigors of the journey, but their misfortunes multiply as they lose some of their precious food supply; Amy's clothes, put out to dry after she falls in a river, and blown away in a desert storm; and the delicate Amy falls ill with ague. The gruff trailmaster cannot leave his responsibilities to help them; the awkward attentions of a young love-smitten suitor who courts Amy before riding off to join the army only deepen Helen's distress at how far they have distanced themselves from their old life; and even the kind attentions of a wise old black "conjure woman" can do little to alleviate their plight. As Amy grows weaker it is clear that she an, 2160, United States, 10159287011, African American, 2159, Dramas & Plays, 17, Literature & Fiction, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 491406, American Literature, 468236, Literature, 468206, Humanities, 465600, New, Used & Rental Textbooks, 2349030011, Specialty Boutique, 283155, Books<

ISBN: 0822201488