An edition of The drifters (2004)
The drifters
a Christian historical novel about the Melungeon shanty boat people
By Tonya Holmes Shook
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Publish Date
2005
Publisher
Marquette Books
Language
eng
Pages
311
Description:
Harriett Holmes was 15 and pregnant when she boarded in 1837 a Kentucky shantyboat that would become her home for the next decade. Life was difficult for many people during the 1800s, but it was especially so for Harriett's family, because they were Melungeons, a mixed race with low social status.
subjects: Fiction, Melungeons, Shantyboats and shantyboaters, Women, Shantyboaters
Places: Kentucky