06-07-2015, 11:59
Edward P. Jones - The Known World - 2004
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Didn't know they made them like this anymore. A classic for me. Set in the mid 1800's, Opens with the death of a black slave owner, then flashbacks of all of the people that made up his life. Excellent writing that got Mr. Jones a Pulitzer prize.
Grade - A
next up - Bushworld by Maureen Dowd
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Didn't know they made them like this anymore. A classic for me. Set in the mid 1800's, Opens with the death of a black slave owner, then flashbacks of all of the people that made up his life. Excellent writing that got Mr. Jones a Pulitzer prize.
Grade - A
next up - Bushworld by Maureen Dowd