Reap the South Wind

By Irene Bennett Brown

Book Overview

Lucy Walsh always felt beholden to her husband Admire even though her heart was in Paragon Springs. Admire had married her when no one else would, and raised Lucy's half-Sioux daughter as his own. But... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786228172
• ISBN13: 9780786228171
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Five Star (ME)
• Length: 215 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Important series!

The sheer scope and importance of Irene Bennett Brown's series, the Women of Paragon Springs culminates with her fourth book, Reap the South Wind. The aviation industry was born in Kansas! The first helicopter is displayed in a museum in Goodland, Kansas. Brown brings history to life with these superb books and one's awareness of the centrality of Kansas to American history grows exponentially with each volume. One of the marks of excellence in any novelist is the ability to see stories and the importance of struggles where others cannot. Brown vividly demonstrates that her inner vision is second to none. The panorama of the Great Plains is realized with Reap the South Wind. The story turns to Lucy Ann Walsh, and the rough and tumble period of Kansas Populist politics. Mud-slinging was developed to a fine art and there is plenty to expose in Lucy Ann and her brother Lad's past. Opponents do not hesitate to sabotage Lad's run for governor. Having lost her husband in the famous Run to the Cherokee Strip, Lucy Ann had planned to spend the rest of her life living quietly on her little parcel of land. She changes when she attempts to shield her new neighbor and his ridiculous flying machine from constant ridicule. She gains further notoriety as a suffragette and avid advocate for health and sanitation. The triumph of a town and the indomitable spirits of the courageous women who founded the durable community is Americana at it's finest. Well done!