If the creek don't rise my life out West with the last Black widow of the Civil War

Harcourt, 2006. Hardcover. Good. big hardcover book there's a little bit of dust and shelve wear on the edges the color is crisp and clean on the dust see pictures,,,,jacket itself the book is clean inside. It's actually quite an interesting read.If the Creek Don't Rise: My Life Out West with the Last Black Widow of the Civil War (Hardcover) • When Rita Williams was four, her mother died in a Denver boarding house. This death delivered Rita into the care of her aunt Daisy, the last surviving African American widow of a Union soldier and a maverick who had spirited her sharecropping family out of the lynching South and reinvented them as ranch hands and hunting guides out West. But one by one they slipped away, to death or to an easier existence elsewhere, leaving Rita as Daisy's last hope to right the racial wrongs of the past and to make good on a lifetime of thwarted ambition. If the Creek Don't Rise tells how Rita found her way out from under this crippling legacy and, instead of becoming "a perfect credit to her race," discovered how to become herself. Set amid the harsh splendor of the Colorado Rockies, this is a gorgeous, ruthless, and unique account of the lies families live-and the moments of truth and beauty that save us. Hardcover: 336 pages • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (May 1, 2006) • Language: English • • ISBN-13: 978-0151011544 • book approximate Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches • unwrapped or packed Weight: 1.3 pounds…..This would be Shipped Media mail via USPS, since the mail people actually deliver directly everywhere in the US effectively,and we need to support and use the postal service so its there in the future, it comes from the Los Angeles Area at whatever PO is closest to my errands or my life that day since I carefully pack your book then have to hop on the Vespa and visit the PO to have it placed in our mail system...Your purchase helps a middle aged college girl buy more books and the occasional pedicure. .. a dental visit or two .In addition, I need to downsize my personal library built over the years.see pictures...