Tidewater

By Clifford Dowdey

Book Overview

Tidewater is a historical fiction novel written by Clifford Dowdy. The book is set in the early 18th century in the Tidewater region of Virginia, USA. The story revolves around the life of a young man named John Rolfe, who is the son of a tobacco planter. John is ambitious and wants to make a name for himself in the world, but he is constantly held back by the rigid social hierarchy of the time.As John grows up, he becomes more and more disillusioned with the plantation lifestyle and the way his family treats their slaves. He begins to question the morality of slavery and the way it is ingrained in the fabric of society.The novel also explores the relationship between John and Pocahontas, the daughter of the Native American chief Powhatan. John and Pocahontas fall in love, but their relationship is complicated by the cultural differences between their two worlds.Throughout the book, John struggles to find his place in the world and to reconcile his desire for freedom and equality with the expectations of his family and society. The novel is a powerful exploration of the complex issues of race, class, and identity in early America.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1163820229
• ISBN13: 9781163820223
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"