This Tender Land: A NovelThe unforgettable story of four orphans who travel the Mississippi River on a life changing odyssey during the Great Depression. In the summer of 1932, on the banks of Minnesotas Gilead River, Odie OBanion is an orphan confined to the Lincoln Indian Training School, a pitiless place where his lively nature earns him the superintendents wrath. Forced to flee after committing a terrible crime, he and his brother, Albert, their best friend, Mose, and a