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Ivory shoals : a novel / John Brandon.
Van Pelt Library PS3602.R3598 I86 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brandon, John (John Owen), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Boys--Florida--Fiction.
- Boys.
- Fathers and sons--Fiction.
- Fathers and sons.
- History.
- Florida.
- Brothers--Fiction.
- Brothers.
- Orphans--Fiction.
- Orphans.
- Boys--Fiction.
- Quests (Expeditions)--Fiction.
- Quests (Expeditions).
- Florida--History--1865---Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Bildungsromans.
- Historical fiction.
- History.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 293 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : McSweeney's, [2021]
- Summary:
- Twelve-year-old Gussie Dwyer--audacious, resilient, determined to adhere to the morals his mother instilled in him--undertakes to trek across the sumptuous yet perilous peninsula of post-Civil War Florida in search of his father, a man who has no idea of his son's existence. Gussie's journey sees him cross paths with hardened Floridians of every stripe, from the brave and noble to a bevy of cutthroat villains, none worse than his amoral shark of a half brother. Will he survive his quest, and at what cost? Rich in deadpan humor as well as visceral details that illuminate a diverse cast of characters, the novel uncovers deep truths about family and self-determination as the reader tracks Gussie's dangerous odyssey out of childhood. Ivory Shoals is an unforgettable story from a contemporary master.
- After his mother's death, twelve-year-old Gussie Dwyer sets off to search for his father, a man he's never met, in post-Civil War Florida. Along the way, he meets Floridians of every type.
- ISBN:
- 9781952119170
- 1952119170
- OCLC:
- 1190725364
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