Alice Ackerman

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Set against the backdrop of 1860s Canada during the Cariboo gold rush and the U.S. Civil War, the narrative follows Alice Ackerman, a determined woman grappling with social injustices. As she builds a business for gold miners, she is appalled by the mistreatment of Indigenous Peoples, culminating in a tragic wrongful execution. Her quest to find David, her missing soldier, leads her to the Deep South, where she confronts the brutal realities of racism and the Jim Crow era while trying to aid a desperate mother.