The amalgamation polka / Stephen Wright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wright, Stephen, 1946-

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slaveholders.

Abolitionists.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Fiction.

United States.

History.

Southern States.

New York (State).

Abolitionists--New York (State)--Fiction.

Slaveholders--Southern States--Fiction.

Slavery--Fiction.

Slavery.

Genre:

Fiction.

History.

Historical fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

323 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.

Summary:

"Born in 1844 in bucolic upstate New York, Liberty Fish is the son of fervent abolitionists as well as the grandson of Carolina slaveholders even more dedicated to their cause. Thus follows a childhood limned with fugitive slaves moving through hidden passageways in the house, and the inevitable distress that befalls his mother whenever letters arrive from her parents. In hopes of reconciling the familial disunion, Liberty escapes--first into the cauldron of war and then into a bedlam more disturbing still. In a vibrant display of literary achievement, Stephen Wright brings us a Civil War novel unlike any other."--Publisher's website.

Born in 1844 in upstate New York as the child of ardent abolitionists, Liberty Fish finds his life influenced also by his grandparents, Carolina slaveholders, a conflict that he struggles to resolve by enlisting during the Civil War.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

Other Format:

Online version: Wright, Stephen, 1946- Amalgamation polka.

ISBN:

067945117X

9780679451174

0571231128

9780571231126

OCLC:

63681091

Online:

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