The Sheep Queen: A Novel
- ISBN-10
- 0316076716
- ISBN-13
- 9780316076715
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-08-01
- Publisher
- Back Bay Books
- Author
- Thomas Savage
Description
The Sheep Queen is a Western epic in miniature, the story of Emma Russell Sweringen, known as the Sheep Queen of Idaho ("surely one of the most fascinating characters in current fiction" -- Publishers Weekly); the daughter who disappointed her; the grandson who adored her; and the granddaughter, who was given up for adoption, who spent nearly half her life finding her way back to her family.
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