Screen LibraryWorthy Brown's daughter /
One of a handful of lawyers in the new state of Oregon, recently widowed Matthew Penny agrees to help Worthy Brown, a newly freed slave, rescue his fifteen year old daughter, Roxanne, from their former master, a powerful Portland lawyer. Worthy's lawsuit sets in motion events that lead to Worth...
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Harper,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: |
2015. ©2014 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First Harper paperback edition. |
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| Summary: |
One of a handful of lawyers in the new state of Oregon, recently widowed Matthew Penny agrees to help Worthy Brown, a newly freed slave, rescue his fifteen year old daughter, Roxanne, from their former master, a powerful Portland lawyer. Worthy's lawsuit sets in motion events that lead to Worthy's arrest for murder and create an agonizing moral dilemma that could send either Worthy or Matthew to the hangman. |
| Carrier Form: | 345 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-345). |
| ISBN: |
9780062369406 0062369407 |
| CLC: | I712.45 |
| Call Number: | I712.45/M329-7 |