About this title: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award Based on hitherto unexamined sources: interviews with ex-slaves, diaries and accounts by former slaveholders, this "rich and admirably written book" (Eugene Genovese, "The New York Times Book Review" ) aims to show how, during the Civil War and after Emancipation, blacks and whites interacted in ways that dramatized not only their mutual dependency, but the ambiguities and tensions that had always been latent in "the peculiar institution." "Contents" 1. "The Faithful Slave" 2. Black Liberators 3. Kingdom Comin' 4. ...
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Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Fine. Trade Paperback. Vintage, 1980. THIS BOOK HAS 15 OR SO PAGES WITH PEN UNDERLING. Fine Book. Overall, a clean and tight, lightly read copy. Media mail packed in protective bubble lined shipping bags, Priority in a Flat Rate Envelope. Shipped quickly. Prompt response to questions. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage Books / Random House, New York
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780394743981ISBN:0394743989
Description: Very Good + 9 1/2 h x 6 1/2w. A real nice big 651 page 1980 first Vintage edition large trade paperback. Has a few marks in margins but still very nice. Based on hitherto unexamined sources: interviews with ex-slaves, diaries and accounts by former slaveholders, this "rich and admirably written book" (Eugene Genovese, The New York Times Book Review) aims to show how, during the Civil War and after Emancipation, blacks and whites interacted in ways that dramatized not only their mutual ... read more
Description: Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Description: Good; Collectible. Signed by author-inscribed to writer Tom Wicker-tanning to page edge-minor wear to cover-minor staining to page edge-otherwise binding strong contents clean-enjoy. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780394743981ISBN:0394743989
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Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1980-08-12
ISBN-13:9780394743981ISBN:0394743989
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1980-08-12
ISBN-13:9780394743981ISBN:0394743989
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Random House Inc
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780394743981ISBN:0394743989
Description: Fair. Paperback. All text is legible, may contain markings, cover wear, loose/torn pages or staining and much writing. Some Staining/Bent Pages; Minimal Writing; Frayed Corners/Bent Cover. SKU: 23420607 All orders shipped within 1 business day. 14 day money back guarantee ISBN: 9780394743981. read more
"a gift from Paul Harvey - horrible accounts collected from slaves or ex-slaves - the mother who was forced to nurse the master's baby and ignore her own only to see him grew up and hurt hers... it's a massive history book i haven't even near finishing - how many hours the author must've spent gathering and examining sources from diaries of ex-slaves."
"Required reading for any hope of understanding slavery in the US South. Litwack's writing style is unsurpassed and no surprise that he won the Pultizer."
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