The Island at the Center of the World
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In this descriptive narrative for general readers and historians, author Russell Shorto draws on diaries, letters, and autobiographies to tell the story of the revolutionary period through the lives of six people whose represent the interests of slaves, women, commoners, and indigenous people, as well as political leaders. Readers will learn of the yearnings for liberty in Venture Smith, a slave who purchased his own and his family’s freedom; Margaret Moncrieffe, a woman who left her forced marriage to fight for the British side; Abraham Yates, a shoemaker who became a lawyer; and an Iroquois leader known as Cornplanter. The other two figures profiled are George Washington, and Lord George Germain in England. The author is a contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine; he has written several other works of history for general readers. Annotation ©2018 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
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