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Pearl Hunter on the River Aged Woman Tells a Turbulent Past
On a river houseboat a tall pearl hunter learns from the Iron Gray Woman of a hidden family history. She recounts a Virginia lineage, a doomed elopement, a cruel uncle, and a failed marriage that shaped their lives aboard the Wabash. The man urges return to his father’s name and the quest for a pearl.
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Ile
Greece
Zeus
Buckeye
Ohio
Elorious
Soleven
Wabash
Virginia
McLe
Ike
Mysel
Anne