The Scourges of Heaven Contributor(s): Dick, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813190975 ISBN-13: 9780813190976 Publisher: University Press of Kentucky OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2004 Annotation: A novel of prejudice and plague that sweeps gracefully, joyfully, and painfully across centuries and generations, The Scourges of Heaven centers on Cynthia Anne Ferguson, orphaned aboard a vessel carrying immigrants, hopes, dreams-and cholera-from the Old World to the New. David Dick paints a world where the causes of disease are little understood, where faith is not always a comfort, and where unexpected death is frequently attributed to the wrath of an angry God. Based upon historical events, The Scourges of Heaven is more powerfully told than any purely factual or scientific account of the disease. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 98029012 |
Physical Information: 0.84" H x 5.52" W x 8.52" (1.01 lbs) 318 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Kentucky |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A historical novel of prejudice and plague, The Scourges of Heaven sweeps gracefully, joyfully, painfully across centuries and generations. Through Cynthia Anne Ferguson, orphaned aboard a vessel carrying immigrants, hopes, dreams, and cholera from the Old World to the New, David Dick paints a world where the causes of disease are little understood, where faith is not always a comfort, where human questioning often goes unanswered, and where unexpected death is frequently attributed to the wrath of an angry God. Cynthia's story unfolds in the midst of the first of four great cholera epidemics to sweep America in the mid-nineteenth century, and her journey through life, from New Orleans up the Mississippi and Ohio rivers and across the Bluegrass to Lexington, parallels the track followed by the deadly scourge. More powerfully told than any factual, statistical, or scientific account could ever manage, yet based upon historical events, this tale of disease, ignorance, and narrow-mindedness is supported by a central theme of hope that ultimately brings redemption. |