Jubilee: Mcdougal Littell Literature Connections - Hardcover

Holt Mcdougal

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395833620 ISBN 13: 9780395833629

Publisher: McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin, 1997

Synopsis

Here is the classic--and true--story of Vyry, the child of a white plantation owner and his black mistress, a Southern Civil War heroine to rival Scarlett O'Hara. Vyry bears witness to the South's prewar opulence and its brutality, to its wartime ruin and the subsequent promise of Reconstruction. It is a story that Margaret Walker heard as a child from her grandmother, the real Vyry's daughter. The author spent thirty years researching the novel so that the world might know the intelligent, strong, and brave black woman called Vyry. The phenomenal acclaim this best-selling book has achieved from readers black and white, young and old, attests to her success.

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Review:

"Chronicles the triumph of a free spirit over many kinds of bondage."

"Do yourself a favor by picking up Jubilee."

"Do yourself a favor by picking up Jubilee." The Chicago Tribune
"Chronicles the triumph of a free spirit over many kinds of bondage." The New York Times

From the Back Cover:

The first truly historical black American novel. Joyce Ann Joyce"Jubilee "tells the true story of Vyry, the child of a white plantation owner and his black mistress.Vyry bears witness to the South s antebellum opulence and to its brutality, its wartime ruin, and the promises of Reconstruction.Weaving her own family s oral history with thirty years of research, Margaret Walker s novel brings the everyday experiences of slaves to light."Jubilee "churns with the hunger, the hymns, the struggles, and the very breath of American history. This 50th anniversary edition includes a new foreword by poet Nikki Giovanni. In Vyry, Miss Walker has found a remarkable woman who suffered one outrage after the other and yet emerged with a humility and a mortal fortitude that reflected a spiritual wholeness. "Christian Science Monitor" A revelation. "Milwaukee Journal" MARGARET WALKER (1915 1998) was one of America s most popular and respected AfricanAmerican writers and scholars.Among the most formidable literary voices to emerge in the twentieth century, she will be remembered as one of the foremost transcribers of African American heritage. "

About this edition

• Publisher: McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0395833620
• ISBN 13: 9780395833629
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 640