Song of the shank : a novel /

In 1866, Tom and his guardian, Eliza Bethune, struggle to adjust to their fashionable apartment in the city in the aftermath of riots that had driven them away a few years before. But soon a stranger arrives from the mysterious island of Edgemere, inhabited solely by African settlers and black refug...

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Main Author: Allen, Jeffery Renard, 1962- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : Graywolf Press, [2014]
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Summary:In 1866, Tom and his guardian, Eliza Bethune, struggle to adjust to their fashionable apartment in the city in the aftermath of riots that had driven them away a few years before. But soon a stranger arrives from the mysterious island of Edgemere, inhabited solely by African settlers and black refugees from the war and riots, who intends to reunite Tom with his now-liberated mother.
Physical Description:570 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
ISBN:9781555976804 (pbk.)
1555976808 (pbk.)