The known world
(Large Print)
Author:
Published:
New York : HarperLargePrint, 2004.
Format:
Large Print
Edition:
1st Harper large print ed.
Physical Desc:
563 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Status:
Description
Henry Townsend, a black farmer, bootmaker, and former slave, has a fondness for Paradise Lost and an unusual mentor -- William Robbins, perhaps the most powerful man in antebellum Virginia's Manchester County. Under Robbins's tutelage, Henry becomes proprietor of his own plantation -- as well as of his own slaves. When he dies, his widow, Caldonia, succumbs to profound grief, and things begin to fall apart at their plantation: slaves take to escaping under the cover of night, and families who had once found love beneath the weight of slavery begin to betray one another. Beyond the Townsend estate, the known world also unravels: low-paid white patrollers stand watch as slave "speculators" sell free black people into slavery, and rumors of slave rebellions set white families against slaves who have served them for years. An ambitious, luminously written novel that ranges seamlessly between the past and future and back again to the present, The Known World weaves together the lives of freed and enslaved blacks, whites, and Indians -- and allows all of us a deeper understanding of the enduring multidimensional world created by the institution of slavery.
Copies
Location
Call Number
Status
Last Check-In
Bemis Large Print
LP FICTION JONES,ED
On Shelf
Oct 20, 2023
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Jones, E. P. (2004). The known world. 1st Harper large print ed. New York, HarperLargePrint.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Jones, Edward P. 2004. The Known World. New York, HarperLargePrint.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Jones, Edward P, The Known World. New York, HarperLargePrint, 2004.
MLA Citation (style guide)Jones, Edward P. The Known World. 1st Harper large print ed. New York, HarperLargePrint, 2004.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
More Copies In Prospector
Loading Prospector Copies...
More Details
Language:
English
ISBN:
0060749911
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 5.8, 22 Points
Level 5.8, 22 Points
Staff View
Grouped Work ID:
e2b7be79-d6fd-2da5-1156-ec8da6da85de
Record Information
Last Sierra Extract Time | Feb 25, 2024 07:37:51 AM |
---|---|
Last File Modification Time | Feb 25, 2024 07:38:18 AM |
Last Grouped Work Modification Time | Apr 19, 2024 10:13:35 AM |
MARC Record
LEADER | 02477cam a2200517Ia 4500 | ||
---|---|---|---|
001 | 55674644 | ||
008 | 040618r20042003nyu d 000 1 eng d | ||
020 | |a 0060749911|q lg. print|q paperback | ||
040 | |a GEC|b eng|c GEC|d CO2|d DMP | ||
099 | |a LP|b Fic | ||
100 | 1 | |a Jones, Edward P.|0 https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91094103 | |
245 | 1 | 4 | |a The known world|h [text (large print)] /|c Edward P. Jones. |
250 | |a 1st Harper large print ed. | ||
264 | 1 | |a New York :|b HarperLargePrint,|c 2004. | |
264 | 4 | |c ©2003 | |
300 | |a 563 pages (large print) ;|c 23 cm | ||
336 | |a text|b txt|2 rdacontent | ||
337 | |a unmediated|b n|2 rdamedia | ||
338 | |a volume|b nc|2 rdacarrier | ||
650 | 0 | |a African American plantation owners|0 https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94008291|v Fiction.|0 https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562 | |
650 | 0 | |a African American slaveholders|0 https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001903|v Fiction.|0 https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562 | |
650 | 0 | |a Plantation life|v Fiction.|0 https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008108938 | |
650 | 0 | |a Slavery|v Fiction.|0 https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008111718 | |
650 | 0 | |a Enslaved persons|v Fiction.|0 https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008111715 | |
651 | 0 | |a Virginia|v Fiction.|0 https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113236 | |
655 | 7 | |a Historical fiction.|2 lcgft|0 https://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026370 | |
655 | 7 | |a Large print books.|2 lcgft|0 https://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2022026066 | |
902 | |a 060713 | ||
907 | |a .b26020191 | ||
948 | |a MARCIVE Comprehensive, in 2023.06 | ||
948 | |a MARCIVE Comprehensive, in 2023.03 | ||
948 | |a MARCIVE Comp, in 2022.12 | ||
948 | |a MARCIVE Comp, 2019.12 | ||
948 | |a MARCIVE COMP, 2018.02 | ||
948 | |a MARCIVE August, 2017 | ||
948 | |a MARCIVE extract Aug 5, 2017 | ||
989 | |1 .i122870529|b 31813003117099|d belar|g -|m |h 43|x 1|t 0|i 4|j 300|k 190215|n 10-20-2023 15:45|o -|a LP FICTION JONES,ED | ||
995 | |a Loaded with m2btab.ltiac in 2023.06 | ||
995 | |a Loaded with m2btab.ltiac in 2023.03 | ||
995 | |a Loaded with m2btab.ltiac in 2022.12 | ||
995 | |a Loaded with m2btab.ltiac in 2019.12 | ||
995 | |a Loaded with m2btab.ltiac in 2019.02 | ||
995 | |a Loaded with m2btab.ltiac in 2017.08 | ||
995 | |a Initial Bemis load m2btab.test019 in 2019.02 | ||
998 | |a mp|a mpd|b 060906|c m|d a|e -|f eng|g nyu|h 4|i 0 | ||
998 | |e -|f eng|a be |