The Newcomers: The Chronicles of Touperdu, Book I Post-reconsruction The book uses indigenous names

The book uses indigenous names for the characters and some of the Patawomeck language to honor the culture and heritage that was erased when European colonization of the Americans began in the 16th century

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The Newcomers: The Chronicles of Touperdu, Book I Post-reconsruction The book uses indigenous namesThe Newcomers arrive on the Isle of Touperdu It is 1880, and immigrants are flocking to a new refuge from the economic and racial turmoil of the late nineteenth century. For New Orleans chef Amadeo Roselyn, the Isle of Touperdu is where he can open his own restaurant and raise his daughters as educated, marriageable ladies in a place free of the violence roiling the post Reconstruction era south. For Gwennoelle Duday, the matriarch of a rackety family