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The blacksmith's daughter

Title
  1. The blacksmith's daughter / Minnette Coleman.
Published by
  1. New York, N.Y. ; Bloomington, IN : iUniverse Inc., [2010]
Author
  1. Coleman, Minnette

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Description
  1. 341 pages; 23 cm
Summary
  1. "A black blacksmith from Alabama decides to make a name for himself through hard work, thrift and the relentless acquisition of land in Atlanta, Georgia. He has a loving and mutually supportive relationship with his wife Bira, five beautiful daughters and one son who is handicapped. The household is run according to a strict discipline and timetable, everyone to her or his task. As the daughters grow up, the blacksmith is most particular as to who they consort with and in which order they will eventually marry. Suitors must be educated and on their way to acquiring wealth in order to assure the blacksmith that his daughters will be appropriately provided for in the future. Then along comes the Piano Man who has been brought up principally in the North and in Europe, who is circumspect and sophisticated, and who is dazzling at the piano and in appearance. Furthermore, he is about to become a professor of music at the local university. This man is a catch worthy of one of the blacksmith's daughters - of Minnelsa, the eldest - or so the blacksmith decides. Then June, the rebellious youngest daughter has already determined otherwise. She has seen the Piano Man playing in the dive in the forest and this man is for her. To clinch the deal, the blacksmith tells the Piano Man that if he marries Minnelsa, he will be given a house and 50 acres of land as a dowry. For the previously itinerant Piano Man, this represents a grand settling down indeed. However, the strikingly attractive and musical June has other ideas."--Publisher's website.
Subject
  1. African American blacksmiths -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Fiction
  2. Families -- Conduct of life -- Fiction
  3. Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
  4. Money -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Fiction
  5. Wealth -- Fiction
  6. Happiness -- Fiction
  7. Atlanta (Ga.) -- Fiction
Genre/Form
  1. American fiction.
Call number
  1. Sc E 15-1307
Author
  1. Coleman, Minnette.
Title
  1. The blacksmith's daughter / Minnette Coleman.
Publisher
  1. New York, N.Y. ; Bloomington, IN : iUniverse Inc., [2010]
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Local subject
  1. Black author.
ISBN
  1. 9781450224413 (pbk.)
  2. 1450224415 (pbk.)
Research call number
  1. Sc E 15-1307
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