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02369aam a22003618i 4500 001 E1FB334E3F1711E98434DF6697128E48 003 SILO 005 20190305011820 008 181024t20192018meu d 000 1 eng 010 $a 2018050306 020 $a 1432861018 020 $a 9781432861018 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Ganeshram, Ramin. 245 14 $a The general's cook $h [large print] / $c by Ramin Ganeshram. 250 $a Large print edition. 264 1 $a Waterville, Maine : $b Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, $c 2019. 300 $a 501 pages (large print) ; $c 24 cm. 520 $a Philadelphia 1793. Hercules, President George Washingtons 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. 651 0 $a United States $x History $y 1783-1815 $v Fiction. 650 $a Large type books. 941 $a 3 945 $a lpt 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012021726.0 952 $l ZXPC675 $d 20200417012054.0 952 $l HPPD845 $d 20190518010309.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E1FB334E3F1711E98434DF6697128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search