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A Wolf by the Ears /

"During the War of 1812, thousands of enslaved people from plantations across the Tidewater rallied to the British side, turning against an American republic that had barred them from the promises of freedom and democracy. Set against the backdrop of rebellion and war, Wayne Karlin's A Wol...

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Autor principal: Karlin, Wayne (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2020]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Part One. Towerhill Separation March 1814
  • One. Towerhill: Thrice-Born
  • Two. Jacob: A Listing
  • Three. Sarai: A Wall of Books
  • Four. Towerhill: The Geography of Night
  • Five. Sarai: Origins
  • Six. Jacob: The Feared Future
  • Seven. Sarai: A Rendering
  • Eight. A Notice
  • Nine. Towerhill: We'll Praise him Again when we Pass Over Jordan
  • Ten. Jacob: Eye Service
  • Eleven. Sarai: Quartered
  • Twelve. Towerhill: Hating the Moon
  • Thirteen. Towerhill: The Braided Stream
  • Fourteen. Towerhill: Is you Us?
  • Fifteen. Sarai: The Gifts Given Her
  • Sixteen. Jacob: The Priest Hole
  • Seventeen. Towerhill: Book Man
  • Eighteen. Jacob: Naked in Gaza
  • Nineteen. Sarai: Curse
  • Twenty. Towerhill: All the Work of his Hands
  • Twenty-One. Jacob: A Louche Smile
  • Twenty-Two. Sarai: What Makes them Possible
  • Twenty-Three. Jacob: Light as Air
  • Part Two. Wolves March
  • June 1814
  • One. Towerhill: New and Wondrous Patterns
  • Two. Sarai: A Withy Cage
  • Three. Jacob: Emptied of Himself
  • Four. Sarai: Gauntlet
  • Five. Towerhill: A History of Murder
  • Six. Jacob: We are a Country
  • Seven. Sarai: Her Country
  • Eight. Towerhill: A Wrapped Promise
  • Nine. Jacob: Shape-Shifting
  • Ten. Joseph: The Moon Comes into Us
  • Eleven. Towerhill: America Felix Secundus
  • Twelve. Sarai: A Visitor
  • Thirteen. Jacob: Welcome to the Madhouse
  • Fourteen. Towerhill: A Return
  • Fifteen. Jacob: The False World
  • Sixteen. Towerhill: Heavy on their Bones
  • Seventeen. Jacob: Shadows
  • Eighteen. Towerhill: Ali Baba's Cave
  • Nineteen. Jacob: A Reunion
  • Part Three. The Need for Fire June-July 1814
  • One. Sarai: Culloden Run
  • Two. Towerhill: Boats
  • Three. Jacob: The Distance between Them
  • Four. Towerhill: The Wished-For Future
  • Five. Sarai: Filings to A Lodestone
  • Part Four. Passing the Fire: August-September 1814
  • One. Towerhill: A Confluence
  • Two. Sarai: Erebus
  • Three. Towerhill: Hot as Africa
  • Four. Sarai: Entwined
  • Five. Towerhill: Pig Point
  • Six. Sarai: The Children of Jesus
  • Seven. Towerhill: Bladensburg
  • Eight. Jacob: We are American Soldiers
  • Nine. Towerhill: Passing the Fire
  • Ten. Towerhill: Darkness
  • Eleven. Towerhill: Bread and Cheese Creek
  • Twelve. Towerhill: Begging his Pardon
  • Thirteen. Sarai: A Curtain of Smoke
  • Fourteen. Towerhill: Mercy
  • Epilogue 1833
  • Trinidad. Sarai: The Merikan
  • Author's Note
  • Back Cover