Description: Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston, Alice Walker, Deborah G. Plant Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description A never-before-published work from the author of Their Eyes Were Watching God which brilliantly illuminates the horror and injustices of slavery as it tells the true story of the last known survivor of the Atlantic slave trade. Publisher Description One of the New York Times Most Memorable Literary Moments of the Last 25 Years! - New York Times Bestseller - TIME Magazines Best Nonfiction Book of 2018 - New York Public Librarys Best Book of 2018 - NPRs Book Concierge Best Book of 2018 - Economist Book of the Year - SELF.coms Best Books of 2018 - Audibles Best of the Year - BookRiots Best Audio Books of 2018 - The Atlantics Books Briefing: History, Reconsidered - Atlanta Journal Constitution, Best Southern Books 2018 - The Christian Science Monitors Best Books 2018 - "A profound impact on Hurstons literary legacy."--New York Times"One of the greatest writers of our time."--Toni Morrison"Zora Neale Hurstons genius has once again produced a Maestrapiece."--Alice WalkerA major literary event: a newly published work from the author of the American classic Their Eyes Were Watching God, with a foreword from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker, brilliantly illuminates the horror and injustices of slavery as it tells the true story of one of the last-known survivors of the Atlantic slave trade--abducted from Africa on the last "Black Cargo" ship to arrive in the United States.In 1927, Zora Neale Hurston went to Plateau, Alabama, just outside Mobile, to interview eighty-six-year-old Cudjo Lewis. Of the millions of men, women, and children transported from Africa to America as slaves, Cudjo was then the only person alive to tell the story of this integral part of the nations history. Hurston was there to record Cudjos firsthand account of the raid that led to his capture and bondage fifty years after the Atlantic slave trade was outlawed in the United States.In 1931, Hurston returned to Plateau, the African-centric community three miles from Mobile founded by Cudjo and other former slaves from his ship. Spending more than three months there, she talked in depth with Cudjo about the details of his life. During those weeks, the young writer and the elderly formerly enslaved man ate peaches and watermelon that grew in the backyard and talked about Cudjos past--memories from his childhood in Africa, the horrors of being captured and held in a barracoon for selection by American slavers, the harrowing experience of the Middle Passage packed with more than 100 other souls aboard the Clotilda, and the years he spent in slavery until the end of the Civil War.Based on those interviews, featuring Cudjos unique vernacular, and written from Hurstons perspective with the compassion and singular style that have made her one of the preeminent American authors of the twentieth-century, Barracoon masterfully illustrates the tragedy of slavery and of one life forever defined by it. Offering insight into the pernicious legacy that continues to haunt us all, black and white, this poignant and powerful work is an invaluable contribution to our shared history and culture. Author Biography Zora Neale Hurston wrote four novels (Jonahs Gourd Vine; Their Eyes Were Watching God; Moses, Man of the Mountains; and Seraph on the Suwanee) and was still working on her fifth novel, The Life of Herod the Great, when she died; three books of folklore (Mules and Men and the posthumously published Go Gator and Muddy the Water and Every Tongue Got to Confess); a work of anthropological research (Tell My Horse); an autobiography (Dust Tracks on a Road); an international bestselling ethnographic work (Barracoon); and over fifty short stories, essays, and plays. She was born in Notasulga, Alabama, grew up in Eatonville, Florida, and lived her last years in Fort Pierce, Florida.Alice Walker is an internationally celebrated writer, poet, and activist whose books include seven novels, four collections of short stories, five childrens books, and several volumes of essays and poetry. She has received the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction and the National Book Award, and has been honored with the O. Henry Award, the Lillian Smith Award, and the Mahmoud Darwish Literary Prize for Fiction. She was inducted into the California Hall of Fame and received the Lennon Ono Peace Award. Her work has been published in forty languages worldwide.Deborah G. Plant is an African American and Africana Studies independent scholar, author of Of Greed and Glory: In Pursuit of Freedom for All, and literary critic specializing in the life and works of Zora Neale Hurston. She is editor of the New York Times bestseller Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston and the author of Alice Walker: A Woman for Our Times, a philosophical biography. She is also editor of The Inside Light: New Critical Essays on Zora Neale Hurston, and the author of Zora Neale Hurston: A Biography of the Spirit and Every Tub Must Sit On Its Own Bottom: The Philosophy and Politics of Zora Neale Hurston. She holds MA and Ph. D. degrees in English from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Plant played an instrumental role in founding the University of South Floridas Department of Africana Studies, where she chaired the department for five years. She presently resides in Florida. Details ISBN 0062748211 ISBN-13 9780062748218 Title Barracoon Author Zora Neale Hurston, Alice Walker, Deborah G. Plant Format Paperback Year 2020 Pages 256 Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc GE_Item_ID:126383777; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 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Book Title: Barracoon : the Story of the Last Black Cargo
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
Item Height: 0.6 in
Topic: Slavery, Women, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Ships & Shipbuilding / History, United States / General, Historical, African American
Publication Year: 2020
Genre: Transportation, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 12 Oz
Author: Zora Neale Hurston
Item Length: 8 in
Item Width: 5.3 in
Format: Trade Paperback
