The noonday sun mercilessly scorched the nodding wheat field of Black Bill Jones's farm. Occasionally a welcome little gypsy breeze lazed across the field rolling the grain heads before it in long flowing waves, but for the most part the men just had to sweat it out in the still, hot air... An epic tale of love, murder, and war, Richard Pope's Shadows Gathering offers a haunting glimpse into rural Canada during the tumultuous days of World War I. With stunning detail, readers are transported back and forth between a ...
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The noonday sun mercilessly scorched the nodding wheat field of Black Bill Jones's farm. Occasionally a welcome little gypsy breeze lazed across the field rolling the grain heads before it in long flowing waves, but for the most part the men just had to sweat it out in the still, hot air... An epic tale of love, murder, and war, Richard Pope's Shadows Gathering offers a haunting glimpse into rural Canada during the tumultuous days of World War I. With stunning detail, readers are transported back and forth between a logging camp in 1909, where a tragic accident with far-reaching consequences takes place, and the daily lives, loves, and hopes, of an isolated village's inhabitants in 1914. A richly imagined cast of characters including Poles, Germans, Blacks, Irish Catholics, and English Protestants contributes to a rich social fabric that is racked by war, love, and a violent crime that haunts them all. Follow the rise and fall of a tenacious community as dreams of patriotism wither in the brutal reality of war, a poignant romance comes to its inevitable conclusion, and a group of common villagers are forced to endure the inevitable devastation war leaves in its wake.
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Very good. Size: 5x0x9; Signed with a personal inscription on the title page by the author, this copy has a solid tight binding with clean unmarked pages, light edge wear.
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