The known world
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Allens Hill Free Library - Adult Fiction
PB FIC JON
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PB FIC JON
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Caledonia Library Association - Adult Fiction
FIC JON
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FIC JON
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Clyde-Savannah Public Library - Adult Fiction
FIC Jones
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FIC Jones
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Allens Hill Free Library - Adult Fiction | PB FIC JON | Available |
Caledonia Library Association - Adult Fiction | FIC JON | Available |
Clyde-Savannah Public Library - Adult Fiction | FIC Jones | Available |
Phelps Library - Adult Fiction | FIC JON | Available |
Wadsworth Library - Geneseo - Adult Fiction | FIC JON | Available |
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Format
Book
Physical Desc
388 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
UPC
9780060557546
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General Note
"A hardcover edition of this book was published in 2003 by Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers."
Description
Henry Townsend, a black farmer, bootmaker, and former slave, has a fondness for Paradise Lost and an unusual mentor -- William Robbins, perhaps the most powerful man in antebellum Virginia's Manchester County. Under Robbins's tutelage, Henry becomes proprietor of his own plantation -- as well as of his own slaves. When he dies, his widow, Caldonia, succumbs to profound grief, and things begin to fall apart at their plantation: 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. An ambitious, luminously written novel that ranges seamlessly between the past and future and back again to the present, The Known World weaves together the lives of freed and enslaved blacks, whites, and Indians -- and allows all of us a deeper understanding of the enduring multidimensional world created by the institution of slavery.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Jones, E. P. (20042003). The known world (1st Amistad pbk. ed.). Amistad.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jones, Edward P. 20042003. The Known World. Amistad.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jones, Edward P. The Known World Amistad, 20042003.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Jones, Edward P. The Known World 1st Amistad pbk. ed., Amistad, 20042003.
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