The known world
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PS3560.O4813 K58 2003
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PS3560.O4813 K58 2003
1 available
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| General Shelving - 3rd Floor | PS3560.O4813 K58 2003 | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
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18.06 Anglo-American literature.
African American plantation owners-Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
Esclaves -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels (texts)
novels.
Plantation life -- Fiction.
Plantation life -- Fiction.
Plantations -- Fiction.
Propriétaires d'esclaves noirs américains -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Robbins, William (Fictitious character)
Romans.
Slavery -- Fiction.
Slaves -- Fiction.
Townsend, Caldonia (Fictitious character)
Vie dans les plantations -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Virginia -- Fiction.
Virginia -- Fiction.
Virginie -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
African American plantation owners-Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
Esclaves -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels (texts)
novels.
Plantation life -- Fiction.
Plantation life -- Fiction.
Plantations -- Fiction.
Propriétaires d'esclaves noirs américains -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Robbins, William (Fictitious character)
Romans.
Slavery -- Fiction.
Slaves -- Fiction.
Townsend, Caldonia (Fictitious character)
Vie dans les plantations -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Virginia -- Fiction.
Virginia -- Fiction.
Virginie -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
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Format
Book
Physical Desc
388 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
Description
When a plantation proprietor and former slave--now possessing slaves of his own--dies, his household falls apart in the wake of a slave rebellion and corrupt underpaid patrollers who enable free black people to be sold into slavery.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,5.8,22.0,73563.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,UG,5.8,22.0,73563.
Awards
Pulitzer Prize, Fiction, 2004.
Awards
National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, 2003
Awards
ALA Black Caucus Award, 2004 (First novel)
Awards
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, 2004 Fiction
Local note
SACFinal081324
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Jones, E. P. (2003). The known world (1st edition.). Amistad.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jones, Edward P.. 2003. The Known World. New York: Amistad.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jones, Edward P.. The Known World New York: Amistad, 2003.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Jones, E. P. (2003). The known world. 1st edn. New York: Amistad.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Jones, Edward P.. The Known World 1st edition., Amistad, 2003.
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