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The Amalgamation Polka
Stephen Wright
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Description for The Amalgamation Polka
Paperback. Born in 1844 in bucolic upstate New York, Liberty Fish is the son of fervent abolitionists and the grandson of Carolina slaveholders. Thus his childhood exposes him to fugitive slaves, to the free-soil adventure stories of his Uncle Potter and to the distress of his mother. This book captures swaths of the American experience. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 20. Weight in Grams: 266.
Stephen Wright offers an American Civil War novel unlike any other. His hero Liberty Fish is the son of fervent abolitionists and the grandson of Carolina slaveholders. Hoping to reconcile the familial disunion, Liberty escapes first into the cauldron of war, then into a bedlam more disturbing still.
Stephen Wright offers an American Civil War novel unlike any other. His hero Liberty Fish is the son of fervent abolitionists and the grandson of Carolina slaveholders. Hoping to reconcile the familial disunion, Liberty escapes first into the cauldron of war, then into a bedlam more disturbing still.
Product Details
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571231133
SKU
V9780571231133
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Ref
99-24
About Stephen Wright
Stephen Wright was educated at the U.S. Army Intelligence School and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He has taught at Princeton University, Brown University, and, most recently, The New School. He lives in New York City.
Reviews for The Amalgamation Polka
"'... the prose often recalls that of Mark Twain... I was dazzled by Wright's language.' Jay Parini, Guardian"