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In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:. AN INTERVIEW WITH PAULETTE JILES Paulette Jiles Born and raised in Missouri, Paulette Jiles emigrated to Canada in the late sixties, where she continued to live for more than twenty years, making her life as a writer, reporter, photographer and teacher.
Jan 1, 2009 · Paulette Jiles. 4.11. 5,831 ratings892 reviews. In 1863, as the War Between the States creeps inevitably toward its bloody conclusion, former Kentucky slave Britt Johnson ventures west into unknown territory with his wife, Mary, and their three children, searching for a life and a future. But their dreams are abruptly shattered by a brutal ...
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Plot Summary. Enemy Women (2002), a historical novel by Paulette Jiles, recounts an aspect of Civil War history that many are unfamiliar with – the damage caused to civilians and civilian property by marauding, unregulated militias on both sides of the conflict. The story is told through the eyes of Adair Colley, a young woman from Missouri ...
Jun 15, 2010 · A soaring work of the imagination based on oral histories of the post-Civil War years in North Texas, Paulette Jiles's The Color of Lightning is at once an intimate look into the hearts and hopes of tragically flawed human beings and a courageous reexamination of a dark American history. Read more.
Sep 12, 2023 · Paulette Jiles was born in Salem, Missouri, in the Missouri Ozarks. Raised in small towns in both south and central Missouri, she attended three different high schools, an exhausting process of social dislocation and fashion wobbles, and with relief graduated from the University of Missouri (KC) in Romance Languages.
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North Spirit. (1995) Description / Buy at Amazon. Paulette Jiles is an American novelist, poet, and writer of memoirs. Paulette K. Jiles was born on April 4, 1943, in Salem, Missouri. She would seek higher education while attending the University of Missouri in Kansas City. She studied Romance Languages as her major and graduated in 1968.
