William Wells Brown : an African American life / Ezra Greenspan.
William Wells Brown : an African American life / Ezra Greenspan.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2014]
Call Numbers
G 2015/331
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Language
English
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Physical content
vii, 614 pages, 16 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Part I. From life to letters -- 1. Antecedents in black and white -- 2. Down the river, up the river -- 3. Sweet freedom -- 4. The road to reform -- 5. Narrative of a life, life of a narrative -- Part 2. England -- 6. London, the biggest stage -- 7. "Almost an Englishman" -- Part 3. Civil war -- 8...
Publication information
Publisher
New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2014]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2014]
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Summary
"Born into slavery in Kentucky, raised on the Western frontier on the farm adjacent to Daniel Boone's, "rented" out in adolescence to a succession of steamboat captains on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, the young man known as "Sandy" reinvented himself as "William Wells" Brown after escaping to freedom. He lifted himself out of illiteracy and...
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Full title
William Wells Brown : an African American life / Ezra Greenspan.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Call Numbers
G 2015/331
Record Identifier
74VKOPleRX0y
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKOPleRX0y
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ISBN
0393240908 (hardcover)
9780393240900 (hardcover)
DDC
818/.409 B
MMS ID
991022400669702626
