Truevine: Two Brothers, A Kidnapping and a Mother's Quest: A True Story of the American South Tapa blanda - 2003

Paperback. Very Good.

London: Macmillan, 2016. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 420pp. The story of two brothers from Truevine, Virginia who were supposedly kidnapped in 1899 by the circus and put to work as circus freaks, entertaining as far afield as Buckingham Palace. The author tells the extraordinary story of what really happened.. Soft Cover. Fine. 9.25 x 6 inches.

Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Macmillan, 2003. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

MacMillan. Fine. 2016. Paperback. 1447278070 . 153 X 33 X 234 millimeters .

Macmillan, UK, 2016. First Edition. Trade Paperback. New. Trade Paperback. 420 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Macmillan, UK, 2016. First Edition. This is the first UK edition. *** CONDITION: This book is in new condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing or wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: The year was 1899, as the old people told the story; the place a sweltering tobacco farm in Truevine, Virginia, the heart of the Jim Crow South, where 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… Leer más