The Wake of the WindBy: J. California Cooper A dramatic and thought provoking novel of one family's triumph in the face of the hardships and challenges of the post Civil War South. The Wake of the Wind, J. California Cooper's third novel, is her most penetrating look yet at the challenges that generations of African Americans have had to overcome in order to carve out a home for themselves and their families. Set in Texas in the waning years of the Civil War, the novel