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Babe: The Remarkable Family of Paul Bunyans Blue Ox
It is 1880 when the widow Sarah McAllfry is approached by the son of a former slave who asks her to teach him in her all-white schoolhouse. As a cold resolve claims Sarah, she decides that education is a right for every citizen in a post-Civil War world and ushers little Henry Jackson to a seat in her classroom, all while knowing there will surely be repercussions for her actions.
Two days after, Sarah is promptly fired, and the Klu Klux Klan sets a fiery cross in her front yard. Still, Sarah remains determined to persevere, befriends Henry’s mother, and invites her and Henry to live and work on her farm. Eight years later, Henry is entering manhood, the farmland is fertile, and the three unlikely friends have formed an unbreakable bond. When a tornado destroys her farm and propels a personable ox into their lives, the three friends invite Babe to join their family. But as the threat of persecution by the Klan eventually forces them to escape to northern Minnesota, they all soon discover that their destinies are different than they ever imagined.
In this historical novel, a widowed schoolteacher, a blue ox, and a mother and son form a friendship that leads them from East Texas to a Minnesota logging camp where each embraces a new beginning.
Two days after, Sarah is promptly fired, and the Klu Klux Klan sets a fiery cross in her front yard. Still, Sarah remains determined to persevere, befriends Henry’s mother, and invites her and Henry to live and work on her farm. Eight years later, Henry is entering manhood, the farmland is fertile, and the three unlikely friends have formed an unbreakable bond. When a tornado destroys her farm and propels a personable ox into their lives, the three friends invite Babe to join their family. But as the threat of persecution by the Klan eventually forces them to escape to northern Minnesota, they all soon discover that their destinies are different than they ever imagined.
In this historical novel, a widowed schoolteacher, a blue ox, and a mother and son form a friendship that leads them from East Texas to a Minnesota logging camp where each embraces a new beginning.
307 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 2, 2016
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Roger A. MacDonald
7 books3 followersFamily Physician Dr. Roger MacDonald practiced rural medicine in the most northerly part of Minnesota for nearly fifty years. As an isolated doctor, he wore many hats, one of which was that of county coroner. During the latter third of the Twentieth Century, crime detection depended more on a perceptive team of officers than on laboratory science. Dr. MacDonald's intimate knowledge of how things worked then shines through in his stories.
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November 24, 2021
A very interesting telling of how Babe the Blue Ox found Paul Bunyan. I thought it would be a simple story of Baby and Paul Bunyan.
It had stories of racism, feminism, loggers rights, medicine from that earlier age. Too bad the writing wasn't that great. It had a lot of unexpected twists and turns.
It had stories of racism, feminism, loggers rights, medicine from that earlier age. Too bad the writing wasn't that great. It had a lot of unexpected twists and turns.
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