Come August, Come Freedom: The Bellows, the Gallows, and the Black General Gabriel

Amateau, Gigi

ISBN 10: 1469206439 ISBN 13: 9781469206431

Publisher: Candlewick Pr, 2012

Synopsis

A story inspired by the heroic life of "Prosser's Gabriel" describes how a literate slave organized a rebellion in 1800 Richmond, Virginia, involving thousands of African-American freedom seekers whose cause was tragically thwarted by formidable weather and human betrayal. By the author of A Certain Strain of Peculiar. Simultaneous.

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Book Description

Intense, empathetic, richly imagined. Bulletin of the Center for Children s Books (starred review)

About the Author

Author of the acclaimed debut novel Claiming Georgia Tate., About MeI was born October 20, 1964 in Ripley, Mississippi. I cherish having lived my early childhood in Mississippi and having visited my grandparents there every summer and at Thanksgiving. Most of my growing up, I did outside of Richmond, Virginia, in Mechanicsville. I went to college at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) - an open, urban, diverse campus - and majored in Urban Studies and Planning. My VCU experience was like living in a lab where we could study the city - its history, influences, and dynamic nature - every day. I still live in Richmond with my husband, my daughter, and our sweet old dog. Not too far from our home we also have horses and cows, so we have the city and the country in our lives.About My WorkI love writing and I love the creative process, though it's tough to describe because the imagination seems to work differently with each story. Sometimes I feel as though I'm listening to a story unfold in my mind; sometimes I watch it, and then write it down. Other times it's as though the story is hidden inside the world around me, not so much the world inside me, and my delightful job is to uncover it. I find that writing comes easier to me when I connect my work with physical activity - gardening, walking, dancing, doing yoga, swimming, or even riding a horse. I write about grandparents, mothers and daughters, horses, the earth, love, and personal faith because these things matter most to me.Three Things You Didn't Know About Me1. One of my favorite poems is The Prayer, by Mikhail Lermontov, which I can recite in its native Russian.2. I love to watch basketball, especially my VCU Rams.3. Some day I might like to become a yoga teacher or a librarian or an ornithologist.

About this edition

• Publisher: Candlewick Pr
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1469206439
• ISBN 13: 9781469206431
• Binding: MP3 CD