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01757aam a2200349Ki 4500 001 992E839E60F111E59DE6DDEEDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20220910012104 008 150213s2015 nyu 000 1 eng d 020 $a 0062284126 020 $a 9780062284129 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $e rda $c YDXCP $d BDX $d BTCTA $d HQD $d OCLCO $d IEB $d OCLCO $d GMP $d IWE $d SILO 050 14 $a PS3566.I23 $b F74 2015 082 04 $a 813/.54 $2 23 100 1 $a Piazza, Tom, $d 1955- 245 12 $a A free state : $b a novel / $c Tom Piazza. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, $c [2015] 300 $a 235 pages ; $c 22 cm 520 $a This novel is set in 1855, when Blackface minstrelsy is the most popular form of entertainment in a nation about to be torn apart by the battle over slavery. Henry Sims, a fugitive slave and a brilliant musician, has escaped to Philadelphia. He befriends James Douglass, leader of the Virginia Harmonists, a minstrel troup. A Free State is both a riveting chase novel and a searing parable of liberty and its costs. Charged with narrative tension and unforgettable characters, it is a thrilling work by a novelist at the height of his powers--Dust jacket. 650 0 $a Fugitive slaves $v Fiction. 650 0 $a African American musicians $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Minstrel shows $v Fiction. 941 $a 7 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012024555.0 952 $l AAPF906 $d 20190717030536.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006091013.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20171227033349.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170418112312.0 952 $l VKPE334 $d 20160112105629.0 952 $l YLPC314 $d 20151125010556.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=992E839E60F111E59DE6DDEEDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search