Her chance at freedom presents itself with the arrival of Union general Phillip Henry "Smash 'em Up" Sheridan, the outcast of West Point who takes the rawboned, prideful young woman into service.
According to her mother, she was a captive, destined by her noble warrior blood to escape the enemy. Though born into bondage on a "miserable tobacco farm" in Little Dixie, Missouri, Cathy Williams was never allowed to consider herself a slave.
"Here's the first thing you need to know about Miss Cathy Williams: I am the daughter of a daughter of a queen and my mama never let me forget it." The compelling, hidden story of Cathy Williams, a former slave and the only woman to ever serve with the legendary Buffalo Soldiers. Named one of Lone Star Literary Life's "Top 20 Texas Books of 2018" Named Best Fiction Writer in the Austin Chronicle's "Austin's Best 2018" "An epic page-turner." - Christina Baker Kline (Apr."You'll be swept away by the passion and power of this remarkable, trailblazing woman who risked everything to follow her own heart." - Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author Bird’s finely crafted novel is sure to delight. The author brings her spunky heroine to vivid life amid the atmospheric setting. A disaster during a dance forces Evie to reevaluate her plans and to confront the inadequacies of modern medicine. His reluctance to get married stems from his conviction that, despite his best intentions, he’ll make a poor husband. Evie stays with the show because she needs the money and time to figure out how to get her nursing pin. There, she treats the sprained ankle of star pro dancer Zave Cassidy, and when the promoter sees Evie dance, he pairs her with Zave, to the delight of the audience. While in Houston visiting her mother, Evie stops in to watch a marathon competition that pits locals against professional dancers.
But she’s denied graduation and the coveted RN pin from a Catholic nursing school in Galveston, Tex., after revelations surface about her past as a vaudeville performer. In 1932, all 21-year-old Evie Grace Devlin wants is to become a registered nurse. Bird’s immersive latest (after Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen) dives into the gritty world of the Depression-era dance marathon craze.
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