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The Known World Hardcover - 2003
by Edward P. Jones
Henry Townsend, a black bootmaker and former slave in antebellum Virginia, becomes a proprietor of his own plantation--as well as his own slaves. This modern masterpiece explores what happens when he dies and "the known world" unravels.
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- Title The Known World
- Author Edward P. Jones
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 400
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Amistad Press, New York
- Date 2003-08-14
- ISBN 9780060557546 / 0060557540
- Weight 1.27 lbs (0.58 kg)
- Dimensions 9.32 x 6.43 x 1.3 in (23.67 x 16.33 x 3.30 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Cultural Region: South Atlantic
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Geographic Orientation: Virginia
- Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Virginia
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003040389
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
Citations
- Black Issues Book Review, 11/01/2004, Page 32
- Booklist, 05/15/2004, Page 1610
- Booklist Editors Choice/Adult, 01/01/2004, Page 776
- Booksense '76 Sep/Oct 2003, 09/01/2003, Page 1
- Ebony, 02/01/2013, Page 73
- Entertainment Weekly, 12/26/2003, Page 150
- Essence, 11/01/2003, Page 150
- Kirkus Reviews, 07/15/2003, Page 928
- Library Journal, 05/15/2003, Page 0
- Library Journal Prepub Alert, 05/15/2003, Page 66
- Multicultural Review, 06/01/2004, Page 56
- New York Review of Books, 10/21/2004, Page 14
- New York Times, 12/07/2003, Page 59
- New Yorker (The), 09/01/2003, Page 127
- People Weekly, 12/29/2003, Page 44
- Publishers Weekly, 08/11/2003, Page 253
- Qbr the Black Book Review, 09/01/2003, Page 4
- Time, 04/19/2004, Page 74
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