Come August, Come Freedom - 9780763668709
Un libro in lingua di Gigi Amateau edito da Candlewick Pr, 2014
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An 1800 insurrection planned by a literate slave known as "Prosser’s Gabriel" inspires a historical novel following one extraordinary man’s life.
In a time of post-Revolutionary fervor in Richmond, Virginia, an imposing twenty-four-year-old slave named Gabriel, known for his courage and intellect, plotted a rebellion involving thousands of African- American freedom seekers armed with refashioned pitchforks and other implements of Gabriel’s blacksmith trade. The revolt would be thwarted by a confluence of fierce weather and human betrayal, but Gabriel retained his dignity to the end. History knows little of Gabriel’s early life. But here, author Gigi Amateau imagines a childhood shaped by a mother’s devotion, a father’s passion for liberation, and a friendship with a white master’s son who later proved cowardly and cruel. She gives vibrant life to Gabriel’s love for his wife-to-be, Nanny, a slave woman whose freedom he worked tirelessly, and futilely, to buy. Interwoven with original documents, this poignant, illuminating novel gives a personal face to a remarkable moment in history.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Come August, Come Freedom
- Sottotitolo: The Bellows, the Gallows, and the Black General Gabriel
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Gigi Amateau
- Editore: Candlewick Pr
- Collana: Candlewick Pr (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 28 Gennaio '14
- Genere: YOUNG ADULT FICTION
- Pagine: 231
- EAN-13: 9780763668709