![]() This sequel to The Squire’s Tale (1998) finds Morris’s affable young hero, Terence, still serving the legendary Sir Gawain. Hansen deftly weaves real historical events into the novel, presenting a vivid account of a budding black settlement during Reconstruction. ![]() ![]() While the earlier novels set forth the romance more clearly, this one is just as strong in its enlivening depiction of African-American history. His love for Easter and her determination to help build New Canaan finally leads Obi to find his place in life. Much of the story is told in letters between Obi and Easter, as Obi fights storms, disease, and bigotry while he builds a carpentry business. While awaiting her return, Obi struggles to care for Grace, Scipio, and Araba, three orphans who fled a massacre in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, a black town destroyed by whites. After leaving the army, Obi searches for Easter, learning that she has moved to Philadelphia to become a teacher, but intends to establish her home in the black settlement of New Canaan. More than a decade after the publication of the first books in this trilogy (Which Way Freedom, 1986 Out From This Place 1988), Hansen completes her story of Obi and Easter, two escaped slaves from South Carolina, who become separated during the Civil War. ![]()
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