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  • THE BATTLE OF PINKIE, 1547
    DAVID CALDWELL / VICKY OLEKSY / BESS RHODES
    The Battle of Pinkie, fought between the English and the Scots in 1547, was the last great clash between the two as independent nations. It is a well-documented battle with several eyewitness accounts and contemporary illustrations. There is also archaeological evidence of military activities. The maneuvers of the two armies can be placed in the landscape near Edinburgh, despit...

    $332.51

  • JEWELWEED
    DAVID RHODES
    From the acclaimed author of Driftless, "a novel of forgiveness, a generous ode to the spirit's indefatigable longing for love" ( Minneapolis Star Tribune). When David Rhodes burst onto the American literary scene in the 1970s, he was hailed as "a brilliant visionary" (John Gardner) and compared to Sherwood Anderson and Marilynne Robinson. In  Driftless, his "most accomplished ...

    $251.00

  • THE LAST FAIR DEAL GOING DOWN
    DAVID RHODES
    This novel from the acclaimed author of Driftless is "an arresting work about the salvation of a disintegrating Iowa family" ( The New York Times). Survival has been the Sledge way since Reuben Sledge's father first moved to Des Moines. Yet the family seems cursed, and one by one the Sledges are slipping away. Reuben's oldest brother is hanged for the murder of his wife. Then a...

    $229.00

  • ROCK ISLAND LINE
    DAVID RHODES
    "An authentically great American novel" that follows a young man's descent into darkness after a tragic loss, and his struggle to find renewal ( Booklist, starred review). Raised in an idyllic Iowa town, young July Montgomery is rocked by the tragic death of his parents. Fleeing to Philadelphia, he fashions a ghostly existence in an underground train station. When a young woman...

    $179.00

  • THE EASTER HOUSE
    DAVID RHODES
    This tale of two Iowa brothers trying to escape the long shadow of their notorious father is "an almost impossible book to put down" ( The Plain Dealer). This gripping novel tells the tale of the Easter family of Ontarion, Iowa. Ansel Easter was a favored minister until he rescued a grotesque creature from a carnival sideshow. His sons, C and Sam, suffer in the shadow of their ...

    $200.00