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Reconstructing Jackson by Holly Bush5/19/2023 ![]() Reconstructing Jackson contains some violent scenes and some use of offensive racial language in dialogue, true to the period and circumstances. Bleak times will challenge Reed and Belle's courage and dreams as they forge a new beginning from the ashes of war and ignorance. ![]() Reed is captivated by Belle from their first meeting, but wheelchair bound, is unable to protect her from violence. But Belle’s got other plans, and risks her life to reach them. A violent brother and a drunken father plot to marry her off, and gain a new horse in the bargain. Angry and bitter, Reed moves west to Fenton, Missouri, home to a cousin with a successful business, intending to start over.īelle Richards, a dirt poor farm girl aching to learn how to read, cleans, cooks and holds together her family’s meager property. ![]() His father deems him unfit, and deeds the Jackson holdings, including his intended bride, to a younger brother. ![]() Southern lawyer and Civil War veteran, Reed Jackson, returns to his family’s plantation in a wheelchair. ![]()
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