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The fifth installment of Fast's bestselling Immigrantsseries, continuing the story of one of his most beloved characters, Barbara LavetteHoward Fast's immensely popular Immigrants saga spanned six novels and more than a century of the Lavette family history. The series was considered one of the crowning achievements of his long career. This New York Times bestseller is the fifth entry in the series and focuses on one of his most beloved characters, Barbara Lavette, whom Fast based on his show more first wife. At sixty, Barbara is living a quiet life in San Francisco, grieving after the death of a longtime male friend. However, her spirits revive when she mounts an unexpectedly competitive congressional campaign. After narrowly losing the election, Barbara begins to reconnect with her past as a journalist and human rights activist, two passions that reignite the spark of adventure in her life.This ebook features an illustrated biography of Howard Fast including rare photos from the author's estate. show lessTags
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GREAT EARLY US HISTORY FICTION. READ 15 YEARS AGO AND PICKED UP AGAIN. LOOKING FORWARD TO READING IMMIGRANT'S DAUGHTER.
Tras una vida rodeada de peligros, amor y muerte, Barbara, ahora ya sexagenaria, que ha participado en casi todos los acontecimientos trascendentales de su tiempo, lleva una vida cómoda en su adorada San Francisco, rodeada por el variopinto clan Lavette.
Sin embargo, de pronto decide embarcarse en una arriesgada aventura periodística en América Central, en donde vive un nuevo romance amoroso con un amargo desenlace.
Sin embargo, de pronto decide embarcarse en una arriesgada aventura periodística en América Central, en donde vive un nuevo romance amoroso con un amargo desenlace.
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Howard Fast was born on November 11, 1914 in Manhattan. At the age of 17, he sold his first story to Amazing Stories magazine. The next year he sold his first novel, Two Villages, to the Dial Press for a $100 advance. During his lifetime, he wrote more than 80 books, including Conceived in Liberty, The Unvanquished, Citizen Tom Paine, Freedom show more Road, April Morning, The Immigrants, Second Generation, The Establishment, The Legacy, and Greenwich. He won the Stalin International Peace Prize in 1953. A member of the Communist party, he served three months in a federal prison in 1950 for refusing to testify about his political activity. Blacklisted as a result, he founded his own publishing house, Blue Heron Press, which released his novel Spartacus in 1951. In 1957, he wrote a book about his political experiences entitled The Naked God. He also wrote a series of detective stories under the name E. V. Cunningham. He died on March 12, 2003 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Immigrant's Daughter
- Original publication date
- 1985
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- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 813.52 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1900-1945
- LCC
- PS3511 .A784 .I5 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Individual authors 1900-1960
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