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English
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"The hill people and the Mexicans arrived on the same day. It was a Wednesday, early in September 1952. The Cardinals were five games behind the Dodgers with three weeks to go, and the season looked hopeless. The cotton, however, was waist-high to my father, over my head, and he and my grandfather could be heard before supper whispering words that were seldom heard. It could be a "good crop." Thus begins the new novel from John Grisham, a story inspired...
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
1950s, North Carolina. Martha 'Sonny' Creech, her two brothers, and her parents work hard on their cotton farm, but only Sonny loves the rich, dark earth the way her father does. When a tragic accident claims his life, her stricken family struggles to fend off ruin. Frank Fowler, their rich, reclusive neighbor, offers to help finance that year's cotton crop, but Sonny is sure the man has ulterior motives. Her own talent for divining water won't be...
3) Hallelujah
Publisher
Turner Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
Infused with spirituals, folk songs, blues, and jazz, Hallelujah follows the fortunes of Zeke, a poor cotton farmer. Love, loss, passion, redemption, make this cinematic milestone the first all-black feature from a major studio.
Series
Publisher
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
10-year-old Luke lives with his parents and grandparents in Arkansas during the Korean War. To pick the cotton in their fields, they must hire "hill people" and Mexicans. Hank is a "hill person" who doesn't take kindly to people looking down on him. Luke witnesses a fight that Hank gets into that causes the death of another person. With better times ahead to look forward to, the town gets excited about a new invention, television.
Publisher
Twilight Time
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Set in the 1930's in Waxahachie, Texas. Against this Depression-torn background, unforgettable characters meet and collide. Its emotionally gripping story centers around Edna Spalding (Sally Fields) and her unending struggle against extraordinary hardships.
A nostalgic but thoroughly unsentimental piece about growing up in a small Texas town during the Great Depression. Focusing on a young widow who suddenly has to support her two young children,...
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