Isle of Canes Format:Paperback not for winning

not for winning

and communities can use strategic planning

through silence

and then fashioned a myth of God who dresses up as a leader of prayer and promises pardon if Israel will only repeat these merciful attributes as part of its prayer ritual on that day

we’re called Yisrael—the ones who wrestle with God

Isle of Canes Format:Paperback not for winningIsle of Canes is the epic account of an African American family in Louisiana that, over four generations and more than 150 years, rose from the chains of slavery to rule the Isle of Canes. Historically accurate and genealogically significant, this first novel by eminent genealogist Elizabeth Shown Mills is a gripping tale of racial bias, human conflict, and economic ruin told against the backdrop of colonial Louisiana. This novel is the result of more