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  • Nita
    Carl R. Brush
    1859 San Francisco. Nita-short for 'Bonita,' her mother’s name-is an energetic, intelligent, precocious twelve-year-old. She yearns for adulthood, chafes at the notion that she’s a little girl, not ready for the challenges that beset her in the turmoil of this new city on the brink of cataclysmic upheaval. Readers follow Nita through encounters with the Underground Railroad (Ye...
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  • The Second Vendetta
    Carl R. Brush
    NOT AGAIN. It’s taken Andy Maxwell two Years-1908-1910-to help his family recover from the vendetta that nearly killed his mother, burned their Sierra Nevada ranch house, and exhumed some long-buried family secrets, including the fact that his father was black. At last, Andy thinks, he can return to the University of California and pursue his history doctorate in peace.Not so. ...
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  • Swindle in Sawtooth Valley
    Carl R. Brush
    IT’S OCTOBER, 1914. Life is finally coming together for Andrew Maxwell and Theresa Many Clouds after years filled with violent turmoil and racial conflict. They have built a life as a couple ensconced in a small house with their two adopted half-Indian, half-white children. Andy’s pioneer ranching family is among the most prominent in the Sawtooth Valley area of Northern Califo...
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  • The Yellow Rose
    Bob Stewart / Carl R. Brush
    Historically, the term 'yellow rose' referred to an attractive mulatto woman. Also historically, the original 'Yellow Rose of Texas' was for sure one Emily West, and her story is intertwined in song and legend with the Texas Revolution of 1836. That series of battles, led by Sam Houston, made Texas a Republic, its own country until it joined the union in 1845. The Yellow Rose i...
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  • Bonita
    Carl R. Brush
    Meet Bonita. Often reckless, often victimized, a deeply spiritual person who transforms herself from a rebellious adolescent into a prominent entrepreneur. When we meet her as a twelve-year-old in 1843, she is living a privileged life on a hacienda overlooking San Francisco Bay. But she discovers that she’s not who she’s been told, so she strikes out on her own to discover the ...
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  • The Maxwell Vendetta
    Carl R Brush
    CALIFORNIA, 1908. Andy Maxwell sets out to solve the mystery surrounding the stabbing death of his younger brother outside a San Francisco bar. He’s convinced the murder is part of a vendetta against his family, but frustration and suspense mount as he fails to convince authorities that the killing is anything more than the sad consequence of a brawl between a pair of drunks.An...
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  • Bonita’s Quest
    Carl R. Brush
    It is 1855 in San Francisco when Bonita’s Quest begins. From page one we find ourselves in the midst of Bonita Kelly’s fight to clear her parents’ names and claim her rightful place at her daughter’s side. The fight carries her from San Francisco to New Orleans and back again. An intriguing love triangle adds a delicious spiciness to the whole affair. You will find yourself in ...
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  • The Second Vendetta
    Carl R Brush
    Not again. It’s taken Andy Maxwell two years-1908-1910-to recover from the vendetta that nearly killed his mother, burned their Sierra Nevada ranch house, and exhumed some family secrets-including that his father was black. At last Andy thinks he can return to the University of California to finish his PhD. Not so. First, the PhD. program doesn’t want a miscegenated mongrel lik...
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    15,16 €

  • The Yellow Rose
    Bob Stewart / Carl R. Brush
    Historically, the term 'yellow rose' referred to an attractive mulatto woman. Also historically, the original 'Yellow Rose of Texas' was for sure one Emily West, and her story is intertwined in song and legend with the Texas Revolution of 1836. That series of battles, led by Sam Houston, made Texas a Republic, its own country until it joined the union in 1845. The Yellow Rose i...
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    15,46 €