Long Journey Home: Stories from Black History - Softcover

Lester, Julius

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140389814 ISBN 13: 9780140389814

Publisher: Puffin, 1998

Synopsis

Meet Rambler, a runaway slave roaming the countryside with a guitar, who knows the only way to stay free is to keep moving. Louis is another runaway, fleeing the plantation where he was raised, because he is about to be sold. And Jake and Mandy's marriage is damaged by slavery--and destroyed by freedom. Here is the African-American experience, brought alive by a master storyteller.

About this title

About the Author:

Julius Lester is a celebrated author whose accolades include a Newbery Honor and a Coretta Scott King Award. He is also a National Book Award finalist, a National Book Critics Circle nominee, and a recipient of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. In addition to his critically acclaimed writing career, Mr. Lester has distinguished himself as a civil rights activist, musician, photographer, radio talk-show host, and professor. For 32 years he taught at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He lives in western Massachusetts.

Synopsis:

Six short stories drawn from history record Black Americans' struggle for freedom during the days of slavery, chronicling the lives of a blues singer, a cowboy, two lovers forced apart when the girl is sold, and a traveler on the Underground Railroad.

About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0140389814
• ISBN 13: 9780140389814
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160