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Truevine

Beth Macy

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      In Truevine, Virginia, in 1899 everyone the Muse brothers knew was either a former slave, or a child or grandchild of slaves. George and Willie Muse were just six and nine years old, but they worked the fields from dawn to dark. Until a white man offered them candy and stole them away to become circus freaks. For the next twenty-eight years, their distraught mother struggled to get them back. But were they really kidnapped? And how did their mother, a barely literate black woman in the segregated South, manage to bring them home? And why, after coming home, would they want to go back to the circus?In Truevine, bestselling author Beth Macy reveals for the first time what really happened to the Muse brothers. It is an unforgettable story of cruelty and exploitation, but also of loyalty, determination and love.
      CONTRIBUTORS: Beth Macy EAN: 9781447278092 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 366 g HEIGHT: 197 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Pan Macmillan DATE PUBLISHED: CITY: GENRE: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, PERFORMING ARTS / Circus, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global) WIDTH: 130 cm SPINE:

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      Virginia, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Relating to African American / Black American people, Other performing arts, True stories of survival of abuse and injustice, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Social and cultural history, Slavery and abolition of slavery
      In Truevine, Virginia, in 1899 everyone the Muse brothers knew was either a former slave, or a child or grandchild of slaves. George and Willie Muse were just six and nine years old, but they worked the fields from dawn to dark. Until a white man offered them candy and stole them away to become circus freaks. For the next twenty-eight years, their distraught mother struggled to get them back. But were they really kidnapped? And how did their mother, a barely literate black woman in the segregated South, manage to bring them home? And why, after coming home, would they want to go back to the circus?In Truevine, bestselling author Beth Macy reveals for the first time what really happened to the Muse brothers. It is an unforgettable story of cruelty and exploitation, but also of loyalty, determination and love.
      CONTRIBUTORS: Beth Macy EAN: 9781447278092 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 366 g HEIGHT: 197 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Pan Macmillan DATE PUBLISHED: CITY: GENRE: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, PERFORMING ARTS / Circus, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global) WIDTH: 130 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Virginia, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Relating to African American / Black American people, Other performing arts, True stories of survival of abuse and injustice, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Social and cultural history, Slavery and abolition of slavery

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      Beth Macy writes about outsiders and underdogs, and she is the author of the New York Times bestseller Factory Man. Her work has appeared in national magazines and newspapers and The Roanoke Times, where her reporting has won more than a dozen national awards, including a Nieman Fellowship for Journalism at Harvard and the Lukas Prize from the Columbia School of Journalism.

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