Waters Plantation (eBook, ePUB) - Hargrave McIlvain, Myra
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Albert Waters is a prosperous Texas planter who prides himself on having freed his slaves before the Civil War.
When his son Toby, bound for Harvard Medical College, demands to know if his mother was a slave, Al has to confront a long-buried secret. As Amelia, the woman Al once loved, returns to his life, their reunion is clouded by the rising tensions that threaten to tear their world apart.
While the KKK unleashes a wave of violence and Al is accused of murder, Toby is determined to embrace his heritage. Finding themselves on opposite sides of a country divided, will their love for…mehr

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Albert Waters is a prosperous Texas planter who prides himself on having freed his slaves before the Civil War.

When his son Toby, bound for Harvard Medical College, demands to know if his mother was a slave, Al has to confront a long-buried secret. As Amelia, the woman Al once loved, returns to his life, their reunion is clouded by the rising tensions that threaten to tear their world apart.

While the KKK unleashes a wave of violence and Al is accused of murder, Toby is determined to embrace his heritage. Finding themselves on opposite sides of a country divided, will their love for family be enough to unite them?

The third book in Myra Hargrave McIlvain's series of historical novels, WATERS PLANTATION is a powerful family saga set against the backdrop of Reconstruction-era Texas.

Autorenporträt
Myra Hargrave McIlvain is a sixth generation Texan and a storyteller who began her career writing a family humor column while she raised her two children. After the nest emptied, her background in Texas history led to Austin where she wrote Texas historical markers that line the highways, designate historic homes, and chronicle the lives of cemetery residents.McIlvain's love of a good story prompted her to write six nonfiction books about famous and infamous Texas sites and characters. Her most recent, Texas Tales, Stories that Shaped a Landscape and a People, is a collection of 113 of her favorite Texas history blog posts.After several years offering Texas seminars, Myra and her husband began taking her classes on one-day historic trips that led to a worldwide tour business. When she retired, McIlvain lectured for the continuing education program at the University of Texas and other venues across the state. She published her first historical fiction in 2012 and is currently working on her fifth, The Reluctant Bride.Whether she is telling stories in her books, her blogs, or her lectures, Myra McIlvain views history as the story of a people, and the people she knows best have made Texas home.