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a profoundly beautiful and insightful look at American slavery and human nature. - Booklist
Amistad
June 2004
432 pages ISBN: 0060557559 Trade Size
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Historical
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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