The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox (Illustrated by Eros Keith) - 1974

London: Macmillan, 1974. First UK edition. Hardcover. Red Boards with Gilt lettering on Spine. Original, Good Condition/very good, Brodart Covered. Eros Keith. First published in USA by Bradbury Press, Inc. 1973.
"Kidnapped by the crew of an Africa-bound ship, a thirteen-year-old boy discovers to his horror that he is on a slaver and his job is to play music for the exercise periods of the human cargo". The book not only includes a historical account, but it also touches upon the emotional conflicts felt by those involved in transporting the slaves from Africa to other parts of the world.
Paula Fox (April 22, 1923 - March 1, 2017) was an American author of novels for adults and children and of two memoirs (entitled Borrowed Finery and The Coldest Winter: A Stringer in Liberated Europe). Her children's books included Maurice's Room, Traces, Blowfish Live in the Sea, One-Eyed Cat, and The Eagle Kite. She won several awards for particular children's books including the 1974 Newbery Medal for this novel 'The Slave Dancer'. 39 editions have been published between 1973 and 2001 in English. Fox died at age 93 in Brooklyn.
176pp. DJ not clipped. Ex-libris but with minimal markings. No inscriptions, clean and as new throughout.

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