The Shirt on his Back
September 30th 2011 07:34
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The Shirt on his Back
A Benjamin January Novel
Barbara Hambly 2011
Subtitle Benjamin January at the Rendezous of the Mountain Men.
Banks all over America have failed. To earn money and help a friend Benjamin has to join Abishag Shaw on a journey to the far western mountains and the annual meeting of fur traders mountain men mixed breeds metis trappers working girls gamblers and Amerinds.
It's a place where scarcely anyone cares he's a minority within a minority:
an educated freeman of color in an era when slaves were still imported and such people had no voting rights.
Abishag is there to find the the man who murdered his brother but he and Benjamin soon become involved in a quest not just for vengeance or justice but to find and stop a potential mass murderer.
Enjoy!
A Benjamin January Novel
Barbara Hambly 2011
Subtitle Benjamin January at the Rendezous of the Mountain Men.
Banks all over America have failed. To earn money and help a friend Benjamin has to join Abishag Shaw on a journey to the far western mountains and the annual meeting of fur traders mountain men mixed breeds metis trappers working girls gamblers and Amerinds.
It's a place where scarcely anyone cares he's a minority within a minority:
an educated freeman of color in an era when slaves were still imported and such people had no voting rights.
Abishag is there to find the the man who murdered his brother but he and Benjamin soon become involved in a quest not just for vengeance or justice but to find and stop a potential mass murderer.
Enjoy!
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