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Song Yet Sung Paper back - 2009
by James McBride
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In the days before the Civil War, a runaway slave breaks free and escapes into the labyrinthine swamps of Maryland's eastern shore, setting loose a drama of violence and hope.
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- Title Song Yet Sung
- Author James McBride
- Binding Paper Back
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 369
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Riverhead Books, NEW YORK
- Date January 2009
- Bookseller's Inventory # 166986
- ISBN 9781594483509 / 1594483507
- Weight 0.67 lbs (0.30 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.18 x 1 in (20.32 x 13.16 x 2.54 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Library of Congress subjects Fugitive slaves, African American women
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Summary
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Lord Bird, a 2013 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction.
In the days before the Civil War, a runaway slave named Liz Spocott breaks free from her captors and escapes into the labyrinthine swamps of Maryland’s eastern shore, setting loose a drama of violence and hope among slave catchers, plantation owners, watermen, runaway slaves, and free blacks. Liz is near death, wracked by disturbing visions of the future, and armed with the Code,” a fiercely guarded cryptic means of communication for slaves on the run. Liz’s flight and her dreams of tomorrow will thrust all those near her toward a mysterious, redemptive fate.
Filled with rich, true detailsmuch of the story is drawn from historical eventsand told in McBride’s signature lyrical style, Song Yet Sung is a story of tragic triumph, violent decisions, and unexpected kindness.
In the days before the Civil War, a runaway slave named Liz Spocott breaks free from her captors and escapes into the labyrinthine swamps of Maryland’s eastern shore, setting loose a drama of violence and hope among slave catchers, plantation owners, watermen, runaway slaves, and free blacks. Liz is near death, wracked by disturbing visions of the future, and armed with the Code,” a fiercely guarded cryptic means of communication for slaves on the run. Liz’s flight and her dreams of tomorrow will thrust all those near her toward a mysterious, redemptive fate.
Filled with rich, true detailsmuch of the story is drawn from historical eventsand told in McBride’s signature lyrical style, Song Yet Sung is a story of tragic triumph, violent decisions, and unexpected kindness.
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- New York Times Book Review, 02/08/2009, Page 20