The only problem is, Ames is convinced the war is still going on. But a hunting accident leaves him temporarily blinded and things are looking awfully grim, until.īrody is saved by Ames, a former slave who worked for a Confederate general during the war. Maybe he can bring home some game to help his parents. Brody decides to set out early the next morning, armed with his grandfather's gun. It looks like abandoning their farm and moving may be the only option. They've been going to bed hungry and have no way of surviving the coming winter. But a hunting accident leaves him temporarily blinded and things are lookin One Arkansas summer in 1880, 14-year-old Brody overhears his parents talking about the family's dire straights. One Arkansas summer in 1880, 14-year-old Brody overhears his parents talking about the family's dire straights. The hunger, the cold, and the friendship, it's hard not to get drawn into this story.-Mike Kendra,. I couldn't put this book down, James Babb wrote a novel that is engaging. "The Devil's Backbone is a humble adventure into the hard lives of those who lived in the shadow of a war that had long since ended. Please, please do yourself a favor and read this."-Robert Bacon, The Perfect Write. "James Babb has crafted the extraordinary. "A riveting tale of adventure with a cast of characters as tough and timeless as the rifles we make."-Anthony Imperato, President of Henry Repeating Arms A terrible accident, a rescue by a delusional ex-slave, and a journey to find his family has Brody growing into a man. "A riveting tale of adventure with a cast The crops have failed and his family is starving, so fourteen year-old Brody slips out into the early morning darkness, desperate to find food in the foothills of the Devil's Backbone. The crops have failed and his family is starving, so fourteen year-old Brody slips out into the early morning darkness, desperate to find food in the foothills of the Devil's Backbone.
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