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Title: Nowhere Else on Earth by Josephine Humphreys ISBN: 0-670-89176-2 Publisher: Viking Books Pub. Date: 31 August, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (21 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Joy To Read
Comment: I know that anybody who liked Cold Mountain will love Nowhere Else On Earth. The details here are even more finely written and complex. The wrenching plot builds on the history of a fascinating, underexplored corner of the East Coast--a mostly Lumbee Indian community in North Carolina--and a perspective on the Civil War I had never even pondered before. Surprising and very eye-opening. I just love Josephine Humphrey's knack for beautiful speech, especially the way it reflects the colors and metaphors of Southern talk. At the same time the characters she creates (esp. Rhoda Strong) are so astute about human nature, and so wise, I'm always wishing I could meet them. THose of you who enjoyed Dreams of Sleep and Fireman's Fair will go crazy over this one. I think the historical novel really shows off her strengths as a writer.
Rating: 5
Summary: No Wasted Words
Comment: Josephine Humphreys wrote Nowhere Else on Earth in a trimmed down and concise style of writing suited to a powerful story of sparse times. Her characters are true to history yet fleshed out by Ms. Humphreys' vivid reconstruction. The book inspired me to research Henry Berry Lowrie and the Lumbee Indians, something I knew virtually nothing about. I read in the Atlanta paper that she waited decades to write this book; it was worth the wait.
Rating: 5
Summary: True to the Tales of the people of Scuffletown
Comment: I was eagar to read this book after living amoung the Lumbee Indians for ten years (and marrying one). This book is wonderfully written and carefully researched. I found it to be so true to the way the " Old Timers" in Robeson County tell the tales of Henry Berry Lowrie and his gang. The discriptions of the area and the feelings of the Lumbee come through loud and clear as Humphreys tells the tale through the eyes of Rhoda Strong Lowrie.
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Title: These Granite Islands by Sarah Stonich ISBN: 0316815837 Publisher: Little Brown and Company Pub. Date: 01 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Enemy Women : A Novel by Paulette Jiles ISBN: 0060938099 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 21 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: I Wish I Had a Red Dress by Pearl Cleage ISBN: 0380804883 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 09 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Fireman's Fair by Josephine Humphreys ISBN: 0140168389 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 05 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Dreams of Sleep (Penguin Contemporary American Fiction Series) by Josephine Humphreys ISBN: 0140077871 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 05 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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