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02783aam a22004698i 4500 001 6F1E8226EA3611E8BE96D33A97128E48 003 SILO 005 20190328032346 008 180924s2018 nyu b 000 f eng 010 $a 2018040827 020 $a 1628729775 020 $a 9781628729771 035 $a (OCoLC)1052785021 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d GK8 $d BDX $d DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d ORX $d DYJ $d IA4 $d UAP $d JAO $d UKMGB $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a PS3607.A457 $b G46 2018 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Ganeshram, Ramin, $e author. 245 14 $a The general's cook : $b a novel / $c Ramin Ganeshram. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Arcade Publishing, $c [2018] 300 $a 323 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a Philadelphia 1793. Hercules, President George Washington's chef, is a fixture on the Philadelphia scene. He is famous for both his culinary prowess and for ruling his kitchen like a commanding general. He has his run of the city and earns twice the salary of an average American workingman. He wears beautiful clothes and attends the theater. But while valued by the Washingtons for his prowess in the kitchen and rewarded far over and above even white servants, Hercules is enslaved in a city where most black Americans are free. Even while he masterfully manages his kitchen and the lives of those in and around it, Hercules harbors secrets-- including the fact that he is learning to read and that he is involved in a dangerous affair with Thelma, a mixed-race woman, who, passing as white, works as a companion to the daughter of one of Philadelphia's most prestigious families. Eventually Hercules' carefully crafted intrigues fall apart and he finds himself trapped by his circumstance and the will of George Washington. Based on actual historical events and people, The General's Cook , will thrill fans of The Hamilton Affair, as they follow Hercules' precarious and terrifying bid for freedom. 600 00 $a Hercules $c (Chef) $v Fiction. 600 10 $a Washington, George, $d 1732-1799 $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Slaves $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Cooks $v Fiction. 650 0 $a African American cooks $v Fiction. 651 0 $a United States $x History $y 1783-1815 $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Biographical fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 lcgft 941 $a 7 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240111030955.0 952 $l UGPF911 $d 20231207021822.0 952 $l BVPE851 $d 20220728015613.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20190124010408.0 952 $l HPPD845 $d 20190122012834.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20181204011722.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20181117010135.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6F1E8226EA3611E8BE96D33A97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search