04448cam a2200553 4500 761209710 TxAuBib 20230213120000.0 090923s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781429591669 electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions 1429591668 electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions 9781429591690 electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader 1429591692 electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader 9781101211922 110121192X B000XPRS4I Amazon 71f6de01-2e1b-4506-8668-cd001ac086d9 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 203193 OverDrive (Product ID) (OCoLC)437993211 TEFOD eng TEFOD OCLCA OCLCQ TXN TxAuBib Paretsky, Sara. Bleeding Kansas [Libby] / Sara Paretsky. New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2008. xii, 431 p. ; 24 cm. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 974kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Set in the Kaw River Valley where Paretsky grew up, Bleeding Kansas is the story of the Schapens and the Grelliers, two farm families whose histories have been entwined since the 1850s, when their ancestors settled the valley as antislavery emigrants. Today, the Schapen family, terrified by the lawlessness of the 1970s, when Lawrence was the most violent college town in the nation, has turned to that old-time religion for security. The Schapens keep a close eye on all their neighbors, most especially the Grelliers. They maintain careful track of everyone's misdeeds, printing the most egregious on their family website. When Gina Haring, a Wiccan, moves into an empty farmhouse and starts practicing pagan rites, the family members are so outraged that they begin an active harassment campaign against the Wiccans. The Schapens worry, too, about who stands better with the Lord, their family or the Grelliers. When a Schapen cow gives birth to what may be a "Perfect Red Heifer" needed if the temple is ever rebuilt in Jerusalem, the Schapens feel convinced that God is indeed smiling on them. Despite parental cautions, the Grelliers' teenagers are enraged by the Schapens. All their short lives, they and the Schapens have fought. One particularly angry confrontation causes Chip Grelier to be expelled from schoool and consequently to join the army. Chip's death in Iraq is the catalyzing event for momentous changes in the lives of not only both the Schapens and the Grelliers but of all the families in the valley. The powerful, climactic scene at Gina Harrig's Samhain bonfire will forever haunt the reader. Electronic reproduction. New York : Penguin Group USA, Inc., 2008. Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 2973 KB) or Mobipocket Reader (file size: 488 KB). Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-04-13 10:07:10. Imported from MARC file. Rural families Kansas Fiction. Iraq War, 2003- Influence Fiction. Iraq War, 2003- Protest movements Fiction. Fundamentalists Kansas Fiction. Conservatism Kansas Fiction. Social conflict Kansas Fiction. Wiccans Fiction. Electronic books. Mystery fiction. http://hadc.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=71F6DE01-2E1B-4506-8668-CD001AC086D9 https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1523-1/71F/6DE/01/BleedingKansas9781429591669.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=71F6DE01-2E1B-4506-8668-CD001AC086D9&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1523-1/71F/6DE/01/BleedingKansas9781429591669.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=71F6DE01-2E1B-4506-8668-CD001AC086D9&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1523-1/71F/6DE/01/BleedingKansas9781429591669.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=71F6DE01-2E1B-4506-8668-CD001AC086D9&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) RV8