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Free Enterprise: A Novel of Mary Ellen Pleasant
Michelle Cliff
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Description for Free Enterprise: A Novel of Mary Ellen Pleasant
Paperback. A mix of myth, legend, and history evokes the vivid life of a frontier legend and abolitionist. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 260.
In 1858, two black women meet at a restaurant and begin to plot a revolution. Mary Ellen Pleasant owns a string of hotels in San Francisco that secretly double as havens for runaway slaves. Her comrade, Annie, is a young Jamaican who has given up her life of privilege to fight for the abolitionist cause. Together they join John Brown's doomed enterprise and barely escape with their lives. With mesmerizing skill, Cliff weaves a multitude of voices into a gripping, poignant story of the struggle for liberation that began not long after the first slaves landed on America's shores. ... Read more
In 1858, two black women meet at a restaurant and begin to plot a revolution. Mary Ellen Pleasant owns a string of hotels in San Francisco that secretly double as havens for runaway slaves. Her comrade, Annie, is a young Jamaican who has given up her life of privilege to fight for the abolitionist cause. Together they join John Brown's doomed enterprise and barely escape with their lives. With mesmerizing skill, Cliff weaves a multitude of voices into a gripping, poignant story of the struggle for liberation that began not long after the first slaves landed on America's shores. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
City Lights Publishers
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Monroe, OR, United States
ISBN
9780872864375
SKU
V9780872864375
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Michelle Cliff
Michelle Cliff was born in Jamaica and is the author of two previous novels, No Telephone to Heaven and Abeng; a collection of short stories, and two poetry collections. Her fiction, poetry, and esays have appeared in numerous publications, including Parnassus and the VLS.
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