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Enigmatic pilot : a tall tale too true

Author: Kris Saknussemm
Publisher: New York : Del Rey-Ballantine Books, 2011.
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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,  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Historical fiction
Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Kris Saknussemm
ISBN: 9780812974171 0812974174 9780345519023 0345519027
OCLC Number: 646113485
Description: 362 p. ; 21 cm.
Responsibility: Kris Saknussemm.

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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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