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When Dr. Janessa Holt Lawrence and her husband Charley are sent to a Cherokee Indian reservation to deal with an epidemic of yellow fever, they find themselves in the midst of a land war, and Janessa must confront the truth about her Indian past and a terrifying plot against her life.

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Dr. Janessa Holt Lawrence travels to North Carolina in the 1890's to minister to the Cherokee Indians during a yellow fever outbreak. Janessa learns the truth about her own Cherokee heritage.
Andrew Holt takes his wife on a trip back to visit the grave of their son, Franz. Sam Holt, son of Andrew takes care of his younger sister while his father is away. Sam and his wife decide they need a fresh start in Hawaii.

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American author James Reasoner specializes in historical military novels, westerns, and mysteries. He also writes under the pseudonyms "Mike Jameson", "Hank Mitchum" and "Dana Fuller Ross." He has written more than 40 novels. His spouse, Livia Washburn Reasoner, is also a prolific writer of westerns, mysteries, and romances. Perhaps Reasoner's show more best known work is the ten-volume James Reasoner Civil War Series, which features the fictional Brannon family. The series is set in the town and county of Culpeper, Virginia, a major Confederate supply depot in central northern Virginia north of the Rapidan River. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Canonical title
Carolina Courage
People/Characters
Janessa Holt Lawrence; Charles Lawrence; Andrew Holt; Sam Holt
Important events
Yellow Fever Epidemic

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Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Historical Fiction
DDC/MDS
813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999
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PS3513 .E8679 .C34Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1900-1960

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