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" The known world / "
Edward P. Jones.
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BL
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969642
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b724012
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| Main Entry
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Jones, Edward P.
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| Title & Author
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The known world /\ Edward P. Jones.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: PerfectBound,, 2003.
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1 online resource
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| ISBN
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0060734698
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: 0060767197
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: 9780060734695
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: 9780060767198
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| Notes
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Special features: "Inside The Known World: An Interview with Edward P. Jones"; Reading Group Guide.
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Title from eBook information screen.
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| Abstract
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"In one of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory, Edward P. Jones, two-time National Book Award finalist, tells the story of Henry Townsend, a black farmer and former slave who falls under the tutelage of William Robbins, the most powerful man in Manchester County, Virginia. Making certain he never circumvents the law, Townsend runs his affairs with unusual discipline. But when death takes him unexpectedly, his widow, Caldonia, can't uphold the estate's order and chaos ensues. In a daring and ambitious novel, Jones has woven a footnote of history into an epic that takes an unflinching look at slavery in all of its moral complexities."--
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African American plantation owners, Fiction.
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African American slaveholders, Fiction.
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Plantation life, Fiction.
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Slavery, Fiction.
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Slaves, Fiction.
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African American plantation owners.
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African American slaveholders.
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Plantation life.
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Slavery.
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Slaves.
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Virginia, Fiction.
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Virginia.
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| Dewey Classification
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813/.54
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| LC Classification
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PS3560.O4813K58 2003eb
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