The water dancer: a novel
(Large Print)
Author:
Published:
[New York] : Random House Large Print, [2019].
Format:
Large Print
Edition:
First large print edition.
Physical Desc:
558 pages (large print) ; 24 cm
Status:
Description
Young Hiram Walker was born into bondage. When his mother was sold away, Hiram was robbed of all memory of her--but was gifted with a mysterious power. Years later, when Hiram almost drowns in a river, that same power saves his life. This brush with death births an urgency in Hiram and a daring scheme: to escape from the only home he's ever known. So begins an unexpected journey that takes Hiram from the corrupt grandeur of Virginia's proud plantations to desperate guerrilla cells in the wilderness, from the coffin of the deep South to dangerously utopic movements in the North. Even as he's enlisted in the underground war between slavers and the enslaved, Hiram's resolve to rescue the family he left behind endures. This is the dramatic story of an atrocity inflicted on generations of women, men, and children--the violent and capricious separation of families--and the war they waged to simply make lives with the people they loved. Written by one of today's most exciting thinkers and writers, The Water Dancer is a propulsive, transcendent work that restores the humanity of those from whom everything was stolen.
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East Lyme Public Adult Large Print Collection
LTE Coates, Ta-Nehisi (Water)
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Guilford Adult Large Print
LP COATES
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Hamden/Miller Adult Large Type Fiction
LP/FIC/COATES
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New London Adult Large Print
LP FIC COATES
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North Branford/Atwater Adult Large Print Fiction
Large Print Fiction Coates
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North Branford/Smith Adult Large Print Fiction
Large Print Fiction Coates
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North Haven Adult Large Print Fiction
Large Print Fiction Coates, Ta-Nehisi
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Norwich/Otis Adult Large Print Fiction
F COATES
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Old Lyme A Large Type Fiction
LT FIC COATES
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Old Saybrook/Acton Adult Fiction Large Print
LTE F COATES
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Orange/Case Adult Large Print
Fiction Coates [Large Type]
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Woodbridge Adult Large Type Fiction
LT/FIC COATES
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Language:
English
ISBN:
0593168194, 9780593168196
Notes
Description
Young Hiram Walker was born into bondage. When his mother was sold away, Hiram was robbed of all memory of her--but was gifted with a mysterious power. Years later, when Hiram almost drowns in a river, that same power saves his life. This brush with death births an urgency in Hiram and a daring scheme: to escape from the only home he's ever known. So begins an unexpected journey that takes Hiram from the corrupt grandeur of Virginia's proud plantations to desperate guerrilla cells in the wilderness, from the coffin of the deep South to dangerously utopic movements in the North. Even as he's enlisted in the underground war between slavers and the enslaved, Hiram's resolve to rescue the family he left behind endures. This is the dramatic story of an atrocity inflicted on generations of women, men, and children--the violent and capricious separation of families--and the war they waged to simply make lives with the people they loved. Written by one of today's most exciting thinkers and writers, The Water Dancer is a propulsive, transcendent work that restores the humanity of those from whom everything was stolen.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Coates, T. (2019). The water dancer: a novel. First large print edition. Random House Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Coates, Ta-Nehisi. 2019. The Water Dancer: A Novel. Random House Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Coates, Ta-Nehisi, The Water Dancer: A Novel. Random House Large Print, 2019.
MLA Citation (style guide)Coates, Ta-Nehisi. The Water Dancer: A Novel. First large print edition. Random House Large Print, 2019.
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