The eulogist : a novel / Terry Gamble.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gamble, Terry, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Irish Americans--Fiction.

Irish Americans.

History.

Ohio.

Immigrants--Fiction.

Immigrants.

Siblings--Fiction.

Siblings.

Brothers and sisters.

Slavery--Fiction.

Slavery.

Ohio--History--19th century--Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Historical fiction.

Physical Description:

310 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019]

Summary:

"From the author of The Water Dancers and Good Family comes the story of an Irish family that emigrates to America in 1819 and settles in Cincinnati, Ohio, where they will confront the horrible reality of slavery on the opposite bank of the Ohio River"-- Provided by publisher.

1819. Cheated out of their family estate in Northern Ireland after the Napoleonic Wars, the Givens family settle in Cincinnati. After losing their mother in childbirth and their father to a riverboat headed for New Orleans, James, Olivia, and Erasmus Givens must fend for themselves. Ambitious James eventually marries into a prosperous family, builds a successful business, and rises in Cincinnati society. Taken by the spirit and wanderlust, Erasmus becomes an itinerant preacher, finding passion and heartbreak as he seeks God. Independent-minded Olivia, seemingly destined for spinsterhood, enters into a surprising partnership and marriage with Silas Orpheus, a local doctor who spurns social mores. -- adapted from jacket

ISBN:

9780062839893

0062839896

9780062839909

006283990X

OCLC:

1032591173