See why Library Journal raves, "This absorbing and vivid portrait of 19th-century America will attract serious historical fiction fans. In the General Councils, her opinions mattered as much as any man's. Her status was one a woman today might envy. As their stories converge in the shameful machinations of history, three outsiders will bear witness to the horrors known as Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Act-just as they also discover the possibility for hope. Centuries before Lean In, there was a thriving Cherokee culture of women leaders, mentors, and matriarchs comfortable in their own skins and minds, exercising remarkable independence and tribal power. Abrahan Bento Sassaporta Naggar has traveled to America from the filthy streets of East London in search of a better life. See why Library Journal raves, "This absorbing and vivid portrait of 19th-century America will attract serious historical fiction fans."įrom the author of Marching to Zion and One More River comes a sweeping novel of American history. This sweeping historical novel tells the story of the Trail of Tears as it has never been told before. Taken on an overnight train ride, crossing multiple borders headed for Venice, Italy. As their stories converge in the shameful machinations of history, three outsiders will bear witness to the horrors known as Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Act-just as they also discover the possibility for hope. Twenty years ago, she renounced her family's plans for her to marry a wealthy white man-a decision that soon proves fateful.Īnd in Georgia, a black slave named Jacob has resigned himself to a life of loss and injustice in a Cherokee city of refuge for criminals.įrom the author of Marching to Zion and One More River comes a sweeping novel of American history. Some fifty miles west, Dark Water of the Mountains, the daughter of a powerful Cherokee chief, leads a life of irreverent solitude. Her extensive research has led to an engaging description of life among the Cherokees as well as the conflicts new immigrants faced trying to adapt to this country in the 1820s. A love story of complex relationships, a mystery, adventures galore, Glickman's book has so many facets to enjoy. But Abe's visions of a privileged apprenticeship in the Sassaporta Brothers' empire are soon replaced with the grim reality of indentured servitude. Mary Glickman's newest novel, An Undisturbed Peace, is a compelling book. Hailed as "the finest depiction of the infamous Trail of Tears," this unflinching novel sheds light on a tragic history (Pat Conroy).Īs the tribes of the South make the grueling journey across the Mississippi River, a trio of disparate characters is united by a "far-reaching story of love, courage, and honor" ( Booklist).
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