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Author:
Macy, Beth.
Title:
Truevine / Beth Macy.
Edition:
First Back Bay edition.
Publisher:
Back Bay Books is an imprint of LittleBrown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group ;
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
x, 420 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Muse, George,--1890-1971.
Muse, Willie,--1893-2001.
Albinos and albinism--Biography.
Circus performers--United States--20th century--Biography.
Children of sharecroppers--Virginia--Biography.
Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows--History.
Muse, George,--1890-1971.
Muse, Willie,--1893-2001.
Albinos and albinism--Biography.
Circus performers--Biography.
Children of sharecroppers--Biography.
Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows--History.
Biographies.
Notes:
Maps on endpapers. Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-404) and index.
Summary:
A delving into the history of the Muse brothers, who were sharecropping a field in 1899 when they were kidnapped and sold into servitude as child sideshow acts in the circus, and the decades-long fight their family has endured since then in the name of justice.
Indexed by:
Library Journal, July 2016
Booklist starred, August 2016
Kirkus Starred, July 2016
New York Times, October 2016
Library Journal
Booklist starred
Kirkus Starred
ISBN:
0316337528
9780316337526
LCCN:
2015959853
Locations:
SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)
KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)
YWPD162 -- Tipton Public Library (Tipton)

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