{"product_id":"precious-in-his-sight-marvin-v-blake-9798988607168","title":"Precious (\"In His Sight\")","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe novel, \"Precious\" (In His Sight), tells of the myriad, life-altering U.S. Government-sanctioned and implemented, changes..., societal (1864 - 1887), events, that followed, and the conclusion of the American Civil War, that shaped the \"Re-United States of America\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShortly before the election of Abraham Lincoln as the 16th President of the United States, Eleanor Leary-a young Irish-Immigrant educator-, is summarily discharged by her employer, the Master of Richmond Virginia's, Rosewood Cotton Plantation, for the \"Heinous-Crime\", of teaching a black-slave, to read and write.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisappointed, depressed, and disillusioned, Eleanor Leary, relocates, north of the Mason-Dixon line, to the northern state of Pennsylvania, marries..., and for the entirety of the war, teaches at the town's local college.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRebecca Billing-one of the two white children that Eleanor had taught before the war; Rebecca after having left Virginia...; and, following a year, living as a captive of the Comanche-returns to Richmond, and gives birth to a \"mixed-blood\", child.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause of unrelenting racial bigotry inflicted upon her son, Rebecca leaves Richmond Virginia, and settles in Lost Springs, Kansas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the post-war period of \"Reconstruction\", both Eleanor, and Rebecca- separated by time and half a continent-, work tirelessly, assisting the former..., now freed black slaves, and the \"Plains Indians\" ..., now referred to as \"The Reservation-Indians\", to acquire the skills needed to assimilate..., and to survive in Euro-Centric, American society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marvin V. Blake\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798988607168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Marvin V. Blake\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/24\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 422\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge Print\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Marvin V. Blake","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48996896571647,"sku":"9798988607168","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/precious-in-his-sight-marvin-v-blake-9798988607168","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}