Truevine

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 21 feb 2018

This is the extraordinary true story of the Muse brothers from the American South who were stolen when they were little and forced to join the circus. Bestselling author Beth Macy tells this unforgettable story of cruelty, exploitation and the power of a mother's love.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781447278092
ISBN-10: 1447278097
Pagini: 432
Ilustrații: 16pp
Dimensiuni: 130 x 195 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Ediția:Main Market Ed
Editura: Pan Macmillan

Notă biografică

Beth Macy writes about outsiders and underdogs, and she is the author of the New York Times bestseller Factory Man. Her work has appeared in national magazines and newspapers and The Roanoke Times, where her reporting has won more than a dozen national awards, including a Nieman Fellowship for Journalism at Harvard and the Lukas Prize from the Columbia School of Journalism.

Cuprins

Introduction - i: Prologue: I Am the True Vine
Chapter - 1: Sit Down and Shut Up
Chapter - 2: White Peoples Is Hateful
Chapter - 3: And Still the Cry Against Us Continues
Chapter - 4: your Momma Is Dead
Chapter - 5: Some Serious Secrets
Chapter - 6: A Paying Proposition
Chapter - 7: He Who Hustleth While He Waiteth
Chapter - 8: Comma, Colored
Chapter - 9: The Prodigal Sons
Chapter - 10: Not One Single, Solitary, Red Penny
Chapter - 11: Adultery's Siamese Twin
Chapter - 12: Housekeeping!
Chapter - 13: Practically Imbeciles
Chapter - 14: Very Good Old Colored Woman
Chapter - 15: Wilbur and John
Chapter - 16: God is Good to Me
- Section - ii: Epilogue: Markers
- Acknowledgements - iii: Acknowledgements
- Section - iv: Notes
- Index - v: Index

Descriere

An extraordinary and moving story of two brothers from the American South who were stolen away to become circus freaks.

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