About this title: In 1860 Somerset Place was one the most successful plantations in North Carolina, and its owner one of the largest slaveholders. This book tells the story of Dorothy Spruill Redford, a descendant of those slaves, and her ten year quest to recover the forgotten history of her ancestors.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday
Date Published: 1st printing, 1988
Description: Very Good+/Very Good hard cover. Large 8vo, boards, 266pp, illus. edgewear, small tears, scrapes, wrinkles front flap dust jacket. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday, New York
Date Published: 1988
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Introduction by Alex Haley, dj blurbs by Alice Walker, Willie Morris, et. al., this is a family history and a chronicle of the descendents of slaves who lived and worked at Somerset Place, an antebellum plantation in Washington County, in the coastal area of North Carolina south of Albemarle Sound. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr
Date Published: 2000-03-01
ISBN-13:9780807848432ISBN:0807848433
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780807848432. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: The University of North Carolina
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780807848432ISBN:0807848433
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday, New York
Date Published: 1988
Description: xviii, 266p., first edition, dj. North Carolina plantation hsitory, from the perspective of the descendant of slaves who toiled there. read more
Description: Very Good Condition. Recovering a Lost Heritage. Hardcover, First Edition Oversized Format Edition: 1988, Dust Jacket-Good With Illustrations. read more
Description: Redford, Dorothy Spruill w/Michael D'Orso w/intro by Alex Haley., Doubleday, 1988, c1988, 1st Edition, boards & cloth, family tree end papers, fine w/dj, 266 pps, B & W illus., 'What started as the simple desire to tell her daughter about her own...' read more
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. First Edition. first edition "Very Good" includes traditional bookselling conditions Very Good to Fine. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA PR
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780807848432ISBN:0807848433
Description: New. Chronicles the author's ten-year quest to trace the history of her enslaved ancestors and her successful efforts to reunite more than 2, 000 of their descendants at Somerset Place, the original plantation, now a historic site in North Carolina. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday
Date Published: 1988
Description: pp. 266, sepia-toned photos, bibliography. Very good in dust jacket. Family history of the LittlejohnÕs and over two thousand descendants of the slaves who worked and lived at Somerset Place, a plantation in North Carolina. read more
Description: Redford, Dorothy Spruill with Michael Dorse. SOMERSET HOMECOMING: RECOVERING A LOST HERITAGE. Introduction by Alex Haley. NY: Doubleday, c1988. 266pp. illus. photos. imperial 8vo. bomc edition as new in d/w. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday; NY; 1988, 1st as stated
Description: 8vo; dj clipped, scuffed, name on front, fair; cover spine stained, fr. bd warped, good, spine poor; binding vg; good condition, 266 pages with b/w illus., endpaper Littlejohn family tree. 1copy. read more
"Ms. Redford made the connection to her roots in a North Carolina plantation where one can still see the canals her ancestors dug and the houses they built in the early days of slavery. I have visited the site, and her book and research made what was there almost comprehensible, and helped to bring the people in this book to life for me."
"I really enjoyed this book. I started reading it yesterday afternoon and finished this afternoon. It was a fast read. I'm into genalogy and finding the stories of my family. It was very interesting and heart warming to read another woman's account of what she went through to put her family puzzle together."
"After having to return Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles to the Library without finishing, (I barely started it. Really long book I could'nt find time to read) I picked up this old favorite of mine. It is a true story inspired by Alex Haley's search for his roots. Dorothy Spurill Redford (a decendant of slaves) has some great insight about the turmoil of the 60's and about the slave culture. I highly recommend this book."
"This is an amazing book, an amazing story, and a testimony to the power of perserverance. _Somerset Homecoming..._ tells the story of Dot Redford and her unflagging efforts to see the words "enslaved persons" reinserted into the interpretive histories shared with visitors at historic sites across the plantation south. Just as important, the willingness of descendants of former owners and enslaved workers at North Carolina's Somerset Plantation to hold joint family reunions, is a testimony to the power of honesty and candor in addressing matters relating to race and other historical ills--both at our nation's historic sites and in the hearts of its citizens. This is a great book, a great success, and anyone interested in history, museums, or heritage interpretation should be familiar with this site, these brave families (past and present), and Ms. Redford's remarkable legacy."
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