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Also by Alan Cheuse:

Prayers for the Living, March 2015
Paperback (reprint)
Song Of Slaves In The Desert, March 2011
Hardcover
Where Light takes its Color From the Sea, April 2008
Hardcover
The Fires, September 2007
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SONG OF SLAVES IN THE DESERT
By: Alan Cheuse

Sourcebooks Landmark
March 2011
On Sale: March 1, 2011
528 pages
ISBN: 1402242999
EAN: 9781402242991
Hardcover
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Historical

Based on historically accurate roots, this novel explores one New Yorker’s involvement in his family’s rice plantation and the wild tensions involved as he tries to right the wrong he sees at work in his family.

Tracing the thread of slavery from 1500s Timbuktu up to the Civil War, Songs of Slaves in the Desert explores one man’s struggle with the legacy of slavery and the loyalty of family, brought into sharp focus as he finds himself attracted to one young slave woman. A masterful writer, Cheuse grapples with the nether parts of our history and the wild nature of love, especially by those held closest in chains.

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