The Life and Times of Persimmon Wilson - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0988416433 ISBN 13: 9780988416437

Synopsis

1875: Drunken Bride, Texas. An ex-slave named Persimmon Wilson awaits his hanging for the murder of the man who once owned him. As he waits, he pens his story. The journey of Persimmon Wilson takes the reader from the brutality of slavery on a Louisiana sugar plantation to a ranch on the Texas frontier to life among the Comanche Indians. All through his travels, Persimmon Wilson seeks the one person he loves, a light-skinned house slave named Chloe. When he finds her, she is passing for white and is the wife of their former master. This is a rip-roaring, old-fashioned adventure romance. It is also a serious examination of assumptions about identity and truth.

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Review:

This extraordinary novel, part "Cold Mountain," part "Dances With Wolves," is a love story, a thriller, an epic adventure tale, and impossible to put down. Nancy Peacock writes with power and lyricism, creating characters who come to vivid life and whose struggles grip the soul. Deeply in the American grain, "The Life and Times of Persimmon Wilson" is a tour de force of historical fiction. --Henry Wiencek, Author of Master of the Mountain"

"I have been to hangings before, but never my own " From this riveting beginning to the last perfect word, Nancy Peacock grabs her reader by the throat and makes him hang on for dear life as the action moves from a Louisiana sugar plantation to life among the western Comanches, bringing to blazing life her themes of race and true love caught in the throes of history. "The Life and Times of Persimmon Wilson" is as deeply moving and exciting an American saga as has ever been penned. --Lee Smith, Author of Guests on Earth and Dime Store"

I picked this novel up and could not put it down. Nancy Peacock takes us on an astonishing journey of love and courage, from slavery to freedom to the last days of the Comanche Indians. Painted over the broad canvas of America, from Virginia to Texas, Persimmon Wilson s life quivers at the nib of his pen, as he lays down the ink that tells the fierce true story on the eve of his hanging. Nancy Peacock s lucid prose just jumps off the page, flies up in the air, and seizes you, a willing captive to the story. An extraordinary novel by a master storyteller. --Marjorie Hudson, Author of Accidental Birds of the Carolinas and Searching for Virginia Dare"

In Persimmon Wilson Nancy Peacock creates an unforgettable character who is neither victim nor victor. From the opening pages of this fresh look at these turbulent years in American history, Peacock s third novel is a gripping page turner, with a plot that never lets go. --Anna Jean Mayhew, Author of The Dry Grass of August"

This novel transported me to a world I ve never visited, and made me live and breathe there beside living breathing characters I was sad to leave and will remember. --David Payne, Author of Back to Wando Passo"

In Persimmon Wilson Nancy Peacock has created a larger-than-life character who goes on a journey of the heart and finds his soul. Peacock s writing is strong, sure, powerful. Readers will relish every word. --Ruth Moose, Author of Doing it at the Dixie Dew"

"The Life and Times of Persimmon Wilson"is a magnificent, immersive, breathtaking work of historical fiction. Nancy Peacock haswritten a beautifully crafted, richly detailed novel inhabited by morally complex and fully realized characters, enthralling andheartbreaking in equal measure. --Jennifer Chiaverini, New York Times bestselling author of Fates and Traitors and Mrs. Lincoln s Dressmaker"

The Life and Times of Persimmon Wilsonis a magnificent, immersive, breathtaking work of historical fiction. Nancy Peacock haswritten a beautifully crafted, richly detailed novel inhabited by morally complex and fully realized characters, enthralling andheartbreaking in equal measure. --Jennifer Chiaverini, New York Times bestselling author of Fates and Traitors and Mrs. Lincoln s Dressmaker"

This extraordinary novel, part Cold Mountain, part Dances With Wolves, is a love story, a thriller, an epic adventure tale, and impossible to put down. Nancy Peacock writes with power and lyricism, creating characters who come to vivid life and whose struggles grip the soul. Deeply in the American grain, The Life and Times of Persimmon Wilson is a tour de force of historical fiction. --Henry Wiencek, Author of Master of the Mountain"

I have been to hangings before, but never my own From this riveting beginning to the last perfect word, Nancy Peacock grabs her reader by the throat and makes him hang on for dear life as the action moves from a Louisiana sugar plantation to life among the western Comanches, bringing to blazing life her themes of race and true love caught in the throes of history. The Life and Times of Persimmon Wilson is as deeply moving and exciting an American saga as has ever been penned. --Lee Smith, Author of Guests on Earth and Dime Store"

About the Author:

Nancy Peacock is the author of the novels Life Without Water and Home Across the Road, as well as the memoir, A Broom of One's Own: Words on Writing, Housecleaning, and Life. She currently teaches writing classes and workshops in and around Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where she lives with her husband Ben.

About this edition

• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0988416433
• ISBN 13: 9780988416437
• Binding: Paperback