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The Colour Of Lightning

Paulette Jiles

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Feb 03, 2024 Booknblues rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: dtb, african-american, library-book, historical-fiction, western, 19th-century, 24new

I enjoy Paulette Jiles and have read a few of her books, so The Color of Lightning caught my eye. It is based on the true story of Britt Johnson, a former slave who settled in Texas and began freighting as a way to earn a living.

Britt's wife, Mary and children were captured by the Kiowa. Jiles story moves between Mary and the children, Britt and an Indian Agent, Samuel Hammond.

I was intrigued by Britt and Mary's story but often felt that the chapters about Hammond were a slight distraction.

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Mar 01, 2019 LynnB rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, historical-fiction, western, war, 2019-reads, moving-mts-2019

Jun 08, 2022 Deedee marked it as to-read · review of another edition

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