Tamar (Paperback)

A WOMAN CHOSEN TO LEAD. A COMMUNITY FIGHTING FOR ITS LAND. A FUTURE HANGING IN THE BALANCE.

In post-Civil War California, the struggle for ancestral land becomes a struggle for identity, family, and survival.

Tamar, the fourth and final novel in Sheldon Greene's The American Quartet, follows Tamar, a Jewish Native American woman chosen to lead her community as it confronts the growing encroachment of settlers, a railroad, and the U.S. Army.

As outside forces threaten the community's ancestral homeland, Tamar must navigate a world of difficult choices and competing loyalties. Her responsibilities grow as she faces the challenges of an impulsive husband, the relocation of members of her community, the birth of a child, and the complications of an affair.

Set against the vivid landscape of late-nineteenth-century California, this historical coming-of-age novel explores the complex relationship between personal desires and communal responsibility. Tamar's journey brings together leadership, cultural identity, family conflict, and the determination to preserve a community's connection to its land.

INSIDE THIS HISTORICAL NOVEL, DISCOVER:

• A determined woman navigating the demands of leadership.

• A community confronting settlers, railroad expansion, and military pressure.

• The personal and family struggles that complicate Tamar's responsibilities.

• A richly situated story of ancestral land, identity, and survival in nineteenth-century California.

THE FINAL CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN QUARTET

Tamar completes Sheldon Greene's four-book historical series:

1. Lost and Found

2. The Seed Apple

3. The Lev Effect

4. Tamar

For readers interested in historical fiction, strong female protagonists, community struggles, and the changing American West, Tamar offers a story of a woman whose choices carry consequences far beyond her own life.

Discover Tamar by Sheldon Greene and explore the concluding novel of The American Quartet.