Enigmatic pilot : a tall tale too true /
In 1844, in a still-young America, the first intimations of civil war are stirring throughout the land. In Zanesville, Ohio, the Sitturd family, Hephaestus, a clubfooted inventor; his wife, Rapture, a Creole from the Sea Islands; and their prodigiously gifted six-year-old son, Lloyd, whose libido is...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Del Rey-Ballantine Books,
2011.
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| Summary: | In 1844, in a still-young America, the first intimations of civil war are stirring throughout the land. In Zanesville, Ohio, the Sitturd family, Hephaestus, a clubfooted inventor; his wife, Rapture, a Creole from the Sea Islands; and their prodigiously gifted six-year-old son, Lloyd, whose libido is a precocious as his intellect, are forced to flee the only home they have ever known for an uncertain future in Texas, whence Hephaestus' half-brother, Micah, has sent them a mysterious invitation, promising riches and wonders too amazing to be entrusted to paper.--From back cover. |
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| Physical Description: | 362 pages ; 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780812974171 0812974174 9780345519023 0345519027 |