He reluctantly agrees.Īlvin's brother, Calvin, at the behest of Alvin's wife, Margaret, comes to help. Alvin is then approached by La Tia, an African woman, who wants him to help all the slaves and the displaced French to escape Nueva Barcelona. As the fever spreads, people begin to suspect Papa Moose and Mama Squirrel because Alvin has been healing everyone he can, radiating outward through the city. Because Alvin heals her, the Yellow Fever spreads throughout Nueva Barcelona, averting an impending war with the United States over slavery. A young woman, whom the people call Dead Mary, sees what he has done and asks him to come with her and heal her mother, who has yellow fever. While there, Alvin uses his knack to cleanse the mosquitoes and disease from a well. It is the sixth book in Card's The Tales of Alvin Maker series and is about Alvin Miller, the seventh son of a seventh son.Īlvin and Arthur stay at a boarding house where mixed-blood children are cared for by Papa Moose and Mama Squirrel. The Crystal City (2003) is an alternate history/ fantasy novel by American writer Orson Scott Card.
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