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Gloryland
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Gloryland Paperback - 2010

by Johnson, Shelton

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Born on Emancipation Day, 1863, to a sharecropping family of African and Indian blood, Elijah Yancy never lived as a slave, but his self-image as a free person is at war with his surroundings: Spartanburg, South Carolina, in the Reconstructed South.

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Counterpoint Press. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
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  • Title Gloryland
  • Author Johnson, Shelton
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Counterpoint Press, San Francisco, CA
  • Date 2010-08
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 5254783-6
  • ISBN 9781578051755 / 1578051754
  • Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.9 in (20.57 x 13.72 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Library of Congress subjects United States, Historical fiction
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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About the author

Shelton Johnson, a native of Detroit, Michigan, currently serves as a ranger in Yosemite National Park. He has worked for the National Park Service since 1987, also serving in Great Basin National Park and Yellowstone National Park, as well as in parks in and around Washington D.C. He served with the Peace Corps in Liberia, and attended graduate school at the University of Michigan, where he won several writing awards. He has presented his original living history program about a buffalo soldier at venues around the country and has received many honors and awards for this work, which has also been widely covered in the media. He and his wife and children live just outside Yosemite National Park.