The 2004 PULITZER PRIZE WINNER National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle finalist: an epic of slavery that explores the moral devastation suffered by those involved with the e… Mehr…
The 2004 PULITZER PRIZE WINNER National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle finalist: an epic of slavery that explores the moral devastation suffered by those involved with the estate of Henry Townsend a former slave who finds himself in the unusual position of being a slave-owner. In one of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory two-time National Book Award Finalist Edward P. Jones introduces us to Henry Townsend a black farmer boot maker and former slave who comes under the tutelage of William Robbins the most powerful man in Joness fictitious Manchester County Virginia. Making certain he never circumvents the law Townsend runs his affairs with unusual discipline. But his widow Caledonia cant uphold the order he has imposed on his estate and it begins to fall apart shortly after his death. Slaves take to escaping under the cover of night and families who had once found love beneath the weight of slavery begin to betray one another. Beyond the Townsend estate the known world also unravels: low-paid white patrollers stand watch as slave speculators sell free black people into slavery and rumors of slave rebellions set white families against slaves who have served them for years. In a daring morally complex novel Jones has woven a footnote of history into an epic... [that] gets to the heart of slavery (New York Times Book Review) - one that is hard to put down and impossible to forget. eBook<
The 2004 PULITZER PRIZE WINNER National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle finalist: an epic of slavery that explores the moral devastation suffered by those involved with the e… Mehr…
The 2004 PULITZER PRIZE WINNER National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle finalist: an epic of slavery that explores the moral devastation suffered by those involved with the estate of Henry Townsend a former slave who finds himself in the unusual position of being a slave-owner. In one of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory two-time National Book Award Finalist Edward P. Jones introduces us to Henry Townsend a black farmer boot maker and former slave who comes under the tutelage of William Robbins the most powerful man in Joness fictitious Manchester County Virginia. Making certain he never circumvents the law Townsend runs his affairs with unusual discipline. But his widow Caledonia cant uphold the order he has imposed on his estate and it begins to fall apart shortly after his death. Slaves take to escaping under the cover of night and families who had once found love beneath the weight of slavery begin to betray one another. Beyond the Townsend estate the known world also unravels: low-paid white patrollers stand watch as slave speculators sell free black people into slavery and rumors of slave rebellions set white families against slaves who have served them for years. In a daring morally complex novel Jones has woven a footnote of history into an epic... [that] gets to the heart of slavery (New York Times Book Review) - one that is hard to put down and impossible to forget. eBook<
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