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Also by Edward P. Jones:

All Aunt Hagar's Children, September 2006
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The Known World, June 2004
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THE KNOWN WORLD
By: Edward P. Jones

a profoundly beautiful and insightful look at American slavery and human nature. - Booklist

Amistad
June 2004
432 pages
ISBN: 0060557559
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In one of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory, Edward P. Jones, two-time National Book Award finalist, tells the story of Henry Townsend, a black farmer and former slave who falls under the tutelage of William Robbins, the most powerful man in Manchester County, Virginia. Making certain he never circumvents the law, Townsend runs his affairs with unusual discipline. But when death takes him unexpectedly, his widow, Caldonia, can't uphold the estate's order and chaos ensues. In a daring and ambitious novel, Jones has woven a footnote of history into an epic that takes an unflinching look at slavery in all of its moral complexities.

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Studio 360 - August 25, 2007
Oprah - December 30, 2005