| Inherit The Texas Earth Contributor(s): Schoen, Vicki (Author) |
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ISBN: 1517566428 ISBN-13: 9781517566425 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $11.35 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6" W x 9" (0.93 lbs) 316 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When seventeen-year-old Willy Gil Kellogg inherits his grandfather's successful farm in the Texas Panhandle, he thinks he's set for life. He gladly promises the old man to keep it in production and to become a leader in their small Anglo-Saxon community. But the path becomes rocky when the depression deepens and the drought of the 1930s becomes the Dust Bowl. And when Willy's former friend, a half-breed Comanche, returns to the area to solve a long-suppressed mystery, guilt Willy Gil has fought to expunge is revived. As the events surrounding the mystery are made clear, every stereotype Willy's gramps taught him is challenged. Then a family from Georgia with a questionable life-style and a beautiful daughter, who doesn't meet the high ideals of Willy Gil's family, moves to the Panhandle. As Willy Gil fights to keep his farm solvent in the face of eroding topsoil, he must also cope with the prejudices of his neighbors and the knowledge that the grandfather he loved and respected had made fatal mistakes in caring for his land. Inherit the Texas Earth is historical fiction as it was really lived, complete with love, mystery, and a plague of rabbits. It is populated with complex characters-strong, determined, sometimes flawed. Characters that have to learn on the job without the benefit of mentors or instructions. While some folks left the area, some died, and some lost their hope and their nerve, the heroes of Inherit the Texas Earth are the ones who remained and who became the backbone of the Great Plains. They are the ones who learned to play and love and stay the course during one of America's most trying eras. |