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Author:

McGinty, Brian, author.

Title:

The rest I will kill : William Tillman and the unforgettable story of how a free black man refused to become a slave / Brian McGinty.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Liveright Publishing Corporation,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

236 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

Tilghman, Billy.
S.J. Waring (Schooner)
Free African Americans--Biography.
United States--Participation, African American.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, African American.
United States--Naval operations.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

A free black man -- To sea -- The capture -- Now is our time -- The return -- A hero's welcome -- A matter of compensation -- Passing judgment -- The fury continues -- Epilogue: a black man's fate.

Summary:

Bringing to life one of the most daring{u2014}and long-forgotten{u2014}heroes of the Civil War, a dramatic account of captivity and survival on the high seas follows a free black man as he recaptures his commandeered ship from Confederate privateers, defies their efforts to make him a slave and becomes an unlikely beacon of hope for a disheartened Union army.

ISBN:

1631491296 (hardcover)
9781631491290 (hardcover)

LCCN:

2016014687

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

TPPB062 -- Schroeder Public Library (Keystone)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

WWPC305 -- Milford Memorial Library (Milford)

RVPB135 -- Pomeroy Public Library (Pomeroy)