Far Stones
A Novel
by Loren Woodson
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Pub Date Jun 13 2017 | Archive Date Jul 17 2017
Salem Author Services | North Loop Books
Description
Eleven-year-old African American twins Tom and Stefan are coping with frontier life in 1860s Texas when they are suddenly separated by a Comanche Indian raid. Far Stones tells of Tom’s harsh assimilation into Comanche life, while Stefan encounters the brutal realities of slavery during the Civil War and confronts its legacy afterwards. Throughout the years on their disparate paths, each brother clings in his own way to the nascent sport of baseball, and in so doing endures to reach adulthood in his respective American culture.
Far Stones paints a portrait of Comanche life in a pivotal time, as the US government seeks to force the proud nomadic people to give up their way of life and move onto a reservation. Captured brother Tom succeeds in his new life as an Indian and is accepted into the tribe just when the Comanche ways are fundamentally threatened. Once a free man, Stefan searches for his brother with the help of the Buffalo soldiers, while fearing for Tom’s life. And if Stefan finds him, will their shared love of baseball be enough to bridge their vast cultural divide?
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781635052930 |
| PRICE | $17.95 (USD) |
Featured Reviews
Martha B, Reviewer
This is a very well written and fascinating story of African American twins living in Texas in the 1860's. It explores racism, slavery and Indian abuse. The twins, Tom and Stefan, are separated during a Commanche Indian raid. Their shared love of baseball keeps them going during their separation and their hopes of being reunited. A worthy read. Thank you Net Galley for my copy. I reviewed on Goodreads.
Polly K, Reviewer
Dealing with the trauma of both the Civil War and the loss of their parents, twin brothers Tom and Stefan are separated, one into slavery, the other into the harshness of life with the Comanche. Very sensitively written and adherent to the times, these characters will stay with you long after the finish of the book.
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