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Author:

Piazza, Tom, 1955-

Title:

A free state : a novel / Tom Piazza.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Harperan imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

235 pages ; 22 cm

Subject:

Fugitive slaves--Fiction.
African American musicians--Fiction.
Minstrel shows--Fiction.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

0062284126
9780062284129

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

YLPC314 -- Cascade Public Library (Cascade)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

VKPE334 -- Oelwein Public Library (Oelwein)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)