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34 reviews
Hannah Crafts, Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Warner Books, 2002

Historical Fiction original
A fascinating and horrifying account of a slave woman's experience. While fiction, the story appears to be based on the life of an actual Hannah. Don't be put off by the long introduction. It becomes more significant after reading the narrative itself. This book gives a great emotional account of the horrors of slavery. It is amazing the vocabulary the author had without being formally ...

Giving Thanks: Thanksgiving Recipes and History, from Pilgrims to Pumpkin Pie

8 reviews
Kathleen Curtin, Sandra L. Oliver, ...

Clarkson Potter, 2005

Giving Thanks for "Giving Thanks".
This is a fun book. The book has great trivia and history, and a great variety of the old traditional recipes. But along with that, are the recipes created by the different cultures of our "Melting Pot", who adapted their own wonderful tastes and flavors to their Thanksgiving celebration. This year, my family is going use only recipes in this cookbook to make a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner.

Copper Sun (Unabridged)

14 reviews
Sharon M. Draper

audible.com

Great Book About Slavery
There has never been a better book about slavery than Copper Sun, though you go through some disgusting times with Amari you find the most painful thing is that actual people were treated like that! Draper is so wonderful in her writing, telling us exactly what it was like for Amari and I really felt like I was standing right next to her through the whole experience. Speaking of whole ...

Twelve Years a Slave

12 reviews
Solomon Northup

Louisiana State University Press, 1968

Awesome book!
A compelling and wrenchingly honest first-hand account of slavery, many times breaking my heart and making me think of the children of Africa today. A new book, "The Last Witness From a Dirt Road" which takes place in 1946, was given to me after commenting about Solomon Northup's narrative, and it could almost be a sequel to Twelve Years a Slave, written a 100 years later by the son ...

Artifacts (Faye Longchamp Mysteries, No. 1)

12 reviews
Mary Anna Evans

Poisoned Pen Press, 2003

A Heroine Who isn't Afraid of Bending the Law a Bit, How Sweet
Archaeology student Faye Longchamp is struggling to keep her ancestrail home of Joyeuse on Florida's northern gulf coast by illegally digging up artifacts on federal lands and selling them on the black market. However, one day she unearths a human skull and it doesn't look like it's been in the ground for a couple hundred years, more like only three or four decades, so it's not fresh, but not an ...

Webster Fields - Princess Ces\\\'alena

10 reviews
Mercedes Keyes

Trafford Publishing, 2006

TOTALLY & REMARKABLY UNFORGETABLE
WARNING: Do not read this book unless you're prepared to get Part 2(Gold Raven) & Part 3(Family Reunion) also (available via download only at this time). This is one of the BEST books I have ever read. I have read hundreds of Fiction, Interracial & Romance novels. This book will make you laugh out loud. This book will make you shed tears and this book will make you feel anger to the ...

Savannah Grey: A Tale of Antebellum Georgia

13 reviews
Jim Jordan

iUniverse, Inc., 2007

Compelling Historical Fiction
This was a compelling historical fiction. The story was captivating and brought the time period to life. I was impressed by the amount of historical detail and by the author's ability to create such engaging characters. I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves Savannah or wants to learn about its history.

Vestiges of Grandeur: Plantations of Louisiana's River Road

11 reviews
Eugene Cizek

Chronicle Books, 1999

GREAT BOOK FOR BOTH THE COFFEETABLE AND THE MIND!
I was born and raised on the River Road. I have grown up and almost all of the wonders in this book. Nothing comes close to the accuracy and beauty captured in these photos. I would HIGHLY reccomend this book to anyone that would want to know or learn about the grand homes along the Mississippi and South Louisiana. This book is second to none in my rating. A MUST HAVE and a MUST OWN for EVERYONE!

A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia 1859 (Dear America ...

60 reviews
Patricia C. Mckissack

Scholastic, 2003

Wonderful
This is a wonderful, heartwarming story that is perfect for introducing the plight of slaves to children without frightening the children to death. Clotee, though a slave, retains power from her masters by learning to read and write and keeping a hidden diary of her observations. Though this is admittedly unrealistic (where is she getting all these writing materials), the power she retains in ...

Addy: An American Girl (Unabridged)

13 reviews
Connie Porter

audible.com

This is a wonderful series
I am currently reading these books to my daughter who just turned five. We are both really enjoying them. I know the recommended age is seven and up but these books are great even before then but be prepared to discuss it also. My daughter can't wait to find out what Addy is going to do next. I think that these books are a great foundation for young girls. It can help them understand history ...

What Remains

8 reviews
Rosemary Poole-Carter

Top Publications, 2002

An original, atmospheric, evocative, and deftly woven novel
Set in the South just after the American Civil War, What Remains by R. Poole-Carter is a grim novel of murder, intrigue, lies, and buried secrets that begins in 1865. Isabelle Ross is a woman mourning the loss of her fiance and joins forces with Paul Delahoussaye, an intrepid journalist, to uncover the truth behind a murderous wall of deception and hidden secrets. Isabelle and Paul must combine ...

Charles Dahlgren of Natchez: The Civil War and Dynastic Decline

6 reviews
Herschel Gower

Brassey's Inc, 2002

Immediacy of History
Anthropologists tell us that human brains are indelibly informed by the experience of ice age survival some twenty-four thousand years ago; that adaptability and improvisation in a world of violent, cataclysmic change enabled humans to abide the destructive power of ice and satisfy the evolutionary imperative of endurance. Fast forward myriad millennia to the turbulent time of America's defining ...

The True and Authentic History of Jenny Dorset: A Novel

7 reviews
Philip Lee Williams

Longstreet Pr, 1997

History coupled with charming wit
Williams' ambitious novel The True & Authentic History of Jenny Dorset is a refreshing medley of life in Charleston's 18th century, seasoned tastily with charming wit and intriguing characters. A truly enjoyable read, the tale is written with a sincere flare and comes alive to the reader. More notably is the method in which Williams characterizes each member of the families involved in the ...

Getting Off Your Plantation

7 reviews
Jacqueline McCreight

Grace Publishing, 2000

overcoming current situation through sufficient resource
Jackie, this script of lavished insight to the release of whatever bounds man from succeeding is very inspiring to the soul as well as the mind. God has truly blessed you with a story to tell...and i do believe that it will be heard and remembered for years to come.Please continue and may God bless you and all that you aspire to achieve richly.

The Last Plantation

6 reviews
Don Wright

Gray Stone Press, Incorporated, 1990

The Last Plantation
This is a great novel. Recently an old REAL plantation, known as the 'Fairview' Farm was purchased and is now being developed with expcnsive homes and the title the develepment is 'The Last Plantation'. It is located just South-West of Gallatin, TN. We need to have this novel republished and the author, Mr. Wright, is presently the Mayor of Gallatin. This old plantation, Fairview Farm, is not the ...

Plantation

6 reviews
Dorothea Benton-Frank

Presses de la Cité, 2002

My First Book By D. Frank
I began reading this and didn't stop until I was finished. Now, this is a thick book but I was so inthralled by the family's story that it was wonderful to read. I chose this book as I like Pat Conroy and the books about Plantations and beach living. If you have been to Hilton Head, Charleston or any of the low county areas, you will enjoy reading Plantation.

My bondage and my freedom (MesaView classic series)

6 reviews
Frederick Douglass

MesaView, 2001

One Man's Journey; Inspiration for a Nation
Standing in line at the Lincoln Memorial, a book beckoned to me that I previously hadn't seen before. The face of Frederick Douglas grabbed my attention; a man that I've respected for many years, encountering him mainly through my study of Abraham Lincoln. On the spur of the moment, I snatched up a copy of "My Bondage and My Freedom", and within a few days, my admiration in Frederick Douglass was ...

Absalom, Absalom! (MAXNotes Literature Guides) (MAXnotes)

6 reviews
Carol Siri Johnson

Research & Education Association, 1996

Could help Faulkner understand his own work
This fine interpretation should be used by any person who endeavors to understand the body of Faulkner's work. I daresay even old W.F. himself would have benefited from reading this text. I only wish I had had assistance like this when I was in school.

Just Doll: book 1 of the Staten Bay Trilogy

8 reviews
Janice Daugharty

Hushion House Publishing, 2004

JUST DOLL engaging, successful entry into historical fiction for Daugharty!
Astonishing, colloquial prose immerses you in the post-confederate world of Doll Baxter Staten's So. Georgia. Characters like the land they cleave: fiercely independent, gleaned by circumstance and the times, burnished by grace. Daugharty's southern pines don't whisper, they tell their story straight out with a specific poetry; like a country homily. The unexpected ending leaves you to ponder ...

Plantation Cookbook: Junior League of New Orleans

6 reviews
Junior League of New Orleans

B E Trice Pub, 1992

an excellent cookbook
This cookbook has lived in my kitchen for over 12 years and has survived several moves and a flood. It provides excellent recipes for classic New Orleans and South Louisiana cuisine. The directions are easy to follow and the variety of recipes will never leave you without choices of what to have for dinner - be it a family affair or a formal occassion. Also, you can find the ingrediants for ...

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