DAY OF TEARS: A Novel in Dialogue.
by Lester, Julius
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very near fine in a like dustjacket./like
- ISBN 10
- 0786804904
- ISBN 13
- 9780786804900
- Seller
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About This Item
New York:: Hyperion Books for Children, , (2005.). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. On March 2nd and 3rd in 1859, the largest auction of slaves in American history - an auction known as 'the weeping time' - was held in Savannah, Georgia. Over 400 slaves were sold by Pierce Butler, the husband of abolitionist Fanny Kemble, for over $300,000. Written in dialogue, this tells the story of this event from different perspectives - the white master, his children, house slaves, field hands and even the auctioneer. Winner of the 2006 Coretta Scott King Award. Author's note, references. 177 pp.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53990
- Title
- DAY OF TEARS: A Novel in Dialogue.
- Author
- Lester, Julius
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
- Jacket Condition
- like
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0786804904
- ISBN 13
- 9780786804900
- Publisher
- Hyperion Books for Children,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- (2005.)
- Keywords
- slavery, Coretta Scott King Award, young adult, historical fiction, georgia, fanny kemble, pierce butler,
- Bookseller catalogs
- African American Children's books;
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