Lick Creek

Literature & Fiction

Kessler, Brad

Contemporary

ABACUS +

A version of the great American folktale chronicles the colorful exploits of African-American folk hero John Henry, the steel-driving man, in a lively audio edition featuring music by B. B. King. Read by Denzel Washington.

John Henry: The Legendary Folk Hero (Rabbit Ears)

Politics & Social Sciences

Jackson, Barry

Social Sciences

Simon&Schuster

Tells how Moses grew up in the Egyptian Pharaoh's court, was chosen by God to be the leader of the enslaved Israelites, and called down plagues to convince the Pharaoh to let the Israelites go free.

Moses in Egypt

Huling, Phil

Religion & Spirituality

When Ivan presents the czar with a golden feather from the Firebird, the greedy ruler sends the young archer off on a series of quests, including the kidnapping of the czar's betrothed. Read by Susan Sarandon. Music by Mark Isham.

The Firebird (Rabbit Ears Books)

Boss Lion threatens to eat all the inhabitants of the village, until he is outsmarted by B'rer Rabbit.

Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion

Children's Books

Harris, Joel Chandler

Mayer, Bill

Animals

Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.

John Henry: The Legendary Folk Hero

Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths

Rabbit Ears

A first novel set in a West Virginia mining town in the 1920s follows the struggles of Emily Jenkins, a proud and determined young woman who has lost most of her family in the coal mines, as she works to support herself and her mother just as construction begins on the first power lines in the region. 20,000 first printing.

Lick Creek: A Novel

United States

Scribner

Set in the remote mining country of West Virginia in the late twenties, Lick Creek is the compelling story of a fiery young woman, Emily Jenkins, and what happens when progress -- and tragedy -- comes to her family's farm. Brad Kessler has a generous and keen eye for natural landscape and its power in human life. In his profound, dramatic first novel, he explores the complex intersections of faith, tradition, and innovation. After the coal mine deaths of her father, brother, and the first man she loved, Emily struggles to support herself and her mother. When construction begins on the power lines, she blames the intruders for everything that has gone awry -- for her mother's increasing withdrawal from life and for lives already lost. Then, an electrical worker is struck by lightning. Brought to their farmhouse unconscious and badly injured, Joseph is taken in by Emily's mother, and Emily is seduced by the mystery of his past, his immigration from Russia, his mother's deportations, and the world of immigrants forced to flee persecution in their homelands. Moving from romance to high drama, Kessler illuminates the role of electricity in the transformation of rural life and the particular electricity between two vastly different people whose worlds and passions collide.

Literary

When a plane crashes off the coast of Nova Scotia, Kevin Gearns witnesses grief and bonding among the bereaved survivors who stay in his inn, while ornithologist Ana Gathreaux, who has lost her husband in the crash, remembers how they worked together to study and save birds. 30,000 first printing.

Birds in Fall: A Novel

One fall night, an innkeeper on a remote island in Nova Scotia watches an airplane plummet to the sea. As the search for survivors envelops the island, the mourning families gather at the inn, waiting for news of those they have lost. Here among strangers, they form an unusual community, struggling for comfort and consolation. A Taiwanese couple sets out fruit for their daughter's ghost. A Bulgarian man plays piano in the dark, sending the music to his lost wife. Two Dutch teenagers rage against their parents' death. An Iranian exile, mourning his niece, recites the Persian tales that carry the wisdom of centuries. At the center of this striking novel is Ana Gathreaux, an ornithologist who specializes in bird migration, and whose husband perished on the flight. What unfolds is the story of how these families unite and disperse in the wake of the tragedy, and how their interweaving lives are ultimately transformed. Brad Kessler's knowledge of the natural world, music, and myth enriches every page.

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Lick Creek

John Henry: The Legendary Folk Hero (Rabbit Ears)

Moses in Egypt

The Firebird (Rabbit Ears Books)

Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion

John Henry: The Legendary Folk Hero

Lick Creek: A Novel

Lick Creek: A Novel

Birds in Fall: A Novel

Birds in Fall: A Novel