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Item Information   Holdings       More by this author     Jones, Edward P.     Subjects     African American plantation owners -- Fiction.     African American slaveholders -- Fiction.     Plantation life -- Fiction.     Slavery -- Fiction.     Slaves -- Fiction.     Virginia -- Fiction.     Historical fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Jones, Edward P.       by title:      The known world / Ed...       by call number:      F Jones       Reviews at:     NoveList     Amazon Review     MARC Display

The known world / Edward P. Jones. Where is it? by Jones, Edward P. New York : Amistad, 2004, c2003. Call #: F Jones Genre:  Historical fiction. ISBN:  0060557559 (pbk.) Description:  388, 27 p. ; 24 cm. Summary:  Henry Townsend, a black farmer, bootmaker, and former slave, has a fondness for Paradise Lost and an unusual mentor -- William Robbins, perhaps the most powerful man in antebellum Virginia's Manchester County. Under Robbins's tutelage, Henry becomes proprietor of his own plantation -- as well as of his own slaves. When he dies, his widow, Caldonia, succumbs to profound grief, and things begin to fall apart at their plantation: slaves take to escaping under the cover of night, and families who had once found love beneath the weight of slavery begin to betray one another. Beyond the Townsend estate, the known world also unravels: low-paid white patrollers stand watch as slave "speculators" sell free black people into slavery, and rumors of slave rebellions set white families against slaves who have served them for years. An ambitious, luminously written novel that ranges seamlessly between the past and future and back again to the present, The Known World weaves together the lives of freed and enslaved blacks, whites, and Indians -- and allows all of us a deeper understanding of the enduring multidimensional world created by the institution of slavery. Author/Performer(s):  Jones, Edward P. Notes:  "Includes P.S. Insights, Interviews & More"--P. [4] of cover. "Winner of the Pulitzer Prize"--Cover. "A hardcover edition of this book was published in 2003 by Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers." Edition:  1st Amistad pbk. ed. Award:  Pulitzer Prize, 2004. National Book Critics Circle Award, 2003. Available System Copies:  8 Holds:  0 Format:  Try these titles too!   Copy/Holding information Location Call No. Collection Status Due Date   Bingham Creek Library F Jones Adult Fiction Checked In   Bingham Creek Library F Jones Adult Fiction Checked out 02/27/2010 Hunter Library F Jones Adult Fiction Checked In   Magna Library F Jones Adult Fiction Checked In   Taylorsville Library F Jones Adult Fiction Checked out 02/16/2010 Smith Library F Jones Adult Fiction Checked In   Whitmore Library F Jones Adult Fiction Checked In   Whitmore Library F Jones Adult Fiction Checked out 02/19/2010 West Jordan Library F Jones Adult Fiction Checked In   West Valley Library F Jones Adult Fiction Checked In   Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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