This stunningly different Civil War novel boasts a heroine to rival Scarlett O'Hara.
Daughter of the white plantation owner and his beloved black mistress, Vyry was conceived, born and reared to womanhood behind the House. Steeped in knowledge of and feeling for the times and the people, Jubilee is a magnificent tale told with devastating truth.
It's the classic - and true - story of Vyry, who bears witness to the South's prewar opulence and its brutality, to its wartime ruin and the subsequent promise of Reconstruction.
It is a story that author Margaret Walker heard as a child from her grandmother, the real Vyry's daughter. Margaret spent thirty years researching the novel so that the world might know the intelligent, strong, and brave black woman called Vyry. The phenomenal acclaim this best-selling book has achieved from readers black and white, young and old, attests to her success.
Located in Hunt Valley, Maryland and part of Baltimore County, Greetings & Readings of Hunt Valley is the premier independent bookstore in Maryland.
Daughter of the white plantation owner and his beloved black mistress, Vyry was conceived, born and reared to womanhood behind the House. Steeped in knowledge of and feeling for the times and the people, Jubilee is a magnificent tale told with devastating truth.It's the classic - and true - story of Vyry, who bears witness to the South's prewar opulence and its brutality, to its wartime ruin and the subsequent promise of Reconstruction.
It is a story that author Margaret Walker heard as a child from her grandmother, the real Vyry's daughter. Margaret spent thirty years researching the novel so that the world might know the intelligent, strong, and brave black woman called Vyry. The phenomenal acclaim this best-selling book has achieved from readers black and white, young and old, attests to her success.
Located in Hunt Valley, Maryland and part of Baltimore County, Greetings & Readings of Hunt Valley is the premier independent bookstore in Maryland.
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