Modern Medea: A Family Story of Slavery and Child-Murder from the Old South - Hardcover

Weisenburger, Steven

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9780809069538: Modern Medea: A Family Story of Slavery and Child-Murder from the Old South

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ISBN 10: 0809069539 ISBN 13: 9780809069538

Publisher: Hill & Wang Pub, 1998

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Details the life of fugitive slave Margaret Garner and her trial for murdering her daughter

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"Weisenberger has told the full tragedy of the real Margaret Garner, and her life speaks to us more eloquently than any novel about the inhumanity of slavery, the spirit of freedom and the strength of the human will." --James C. Klotter, Lexington Herald-Leader

"Weisenburger . . . researched newspaper articles, courtroom testimony, maps and manuscripts to piece together the real and fascinating account of the institution of slavery and one slave's dramatic rebellion against it." --Sharon Shahid, USA Today

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"Weisenburger brings history to life so fully that readers feel the very chill of winter. His meticulous research allows them to hear the voice of the slave, and to visualize Garner as fierce, impenetrable and silent." --Publishers Weekly

"Weisenburger’s descriptive chronicle extends the bare specifics of the case into a dramatic narrative . . . he simultaneously acknowledges the inherent bias of history and forces the reader to remember the woman at the center of the story." --Kirkus Reviews

"Weisenburger . . . researched newspaper articles, courtroom testimony, maps and manuscripts to piece together the real and fascinating account of the institution of slavery and one slave’s dramatic rebellion against it." --Sharon Shahid, USA Today

"Moden Medea is full of stirring details . . . Weisenburger’s narrative is always compelling." --Susie Linfield, Los Angeles Times

"The definitive historical account of the Margaret Garner episode." --Art Jester, Lexington Herald-Leader

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PublisherHill & Wang Pub
Publication date1998
ISBN 10 0809069539
ISBN 13 9780809069538
BindingHardcover
Number of pages352
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Modern Medea: A Family Story of Slavery and Child-Murder in the Old South

Weisenburger, Steven

Published by Hill and Wang, New York (1998)

ISBN 10: 0809069539 ISBN 13: 9780809069538

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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: new. First edition. The historical facts of Margaret Garner, the real fugitive slave fictionalized in the Toni Morrison novel "Beloved", and the trial for murdering her child. 352 pages, index, bibliography, maps, illustrations. Review PR sheet laid in. Seller Inventory # 16309

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