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100 1 _aMicheaux, Oscar,
_d1884-1951
245 1 4 _aThe Homesteader: A Novel
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2012
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2012-03-24
508 _aProduced by Cathy Maxam and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"The Homesteader: A Novel" by Oscar Micheaux is a historical novel written in the early 20th century. The story explores the challenges of life on the American frontier through the experiences of its main characters — Jean Baptiste, a determined young Black homesteader, and Agnes Stewart, a young woman seeking adventure and purpose in a new land. Their intersecting lives highlight issues of race, class, and gender as they navigate their ambitions against the backdrop of a society rife with prejudice and social barriers. At the start of the novel, readers are introduced to Agnes Stewart, who reflects on her family's failed farming venture in Kansas and their return to Indiana. Her yearning for a better life leads her to consider a move to South Dakota, where opportunities abound. Concurrently, Jean Baptiste is portrayed in a gripping scene against a fierce blizzard as he struggles to return home to his sod house. Their fateful encounter occurs when Agnes, after getting lost during her adventure, stumbles upon Jean, who is on the brink of freezing to death. As she rescues him, their lives intersect in a poignant moment that sets the stage for the complex dynamics of race, love, and ambition that will unfold throughout the story. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aWestern stories
653 _aPastoral fiction
653 _aFrontier and pioneer life -- South Dakota -- Fiction
653 _aAfrican American pioneers -- South Dakota -- Fiction
653 _aSouth Dakota -- History -- Fiction
700 1 _aFarrow, W. M.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39238
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