David Pesci:Amistad : The Thunder of Freedom by David Pesci
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A riveting historical novel based on one of the nation's first civil right struggles-- Often left out of history books, the events that inspired this novel spanned three years and involve… Más…
A riveting historical novel based on one of the nation's first civil right struggles-- Often left out of history books, the events that inspired this novel spanned three years and involved three court casesThe year is 1839, the place Western Africa and New Haven, Connecticut. Fifty-three Africans who are taken as slaves struggle against terrible odds to regain their freedom and return home to Africa. They are led by Singbe Pieh, a humble rice farmer who refuses to be a slave and never gives up his quest to return home to his wife and children.This historical novel begins as Singbe is capture by rival tribesmen. He is quickly sold to white slave traders, tortured, and humiliated on board a slave ship and again in the Havana slave market Soon he finds himself transferred to the Amistad, where he stages a bloody rebellion. Eventually he and his fellow rebels end up off the coast of Long Island where the U.S. Navy intervenes, towing the Amistad to Connecticut, where slavery is still legal.Led by President Van Buren, the pro-slavery U.S. government tries to return the Amistad to the slave owners and Cuban shores. But members of the fledgling abolitionist movement, led by equal rights zealot Lewis Tappan and defense lawyer Roger Baldwin, force a series of court trials aimed at freeing them. What follows is a scheme to kidnap the Amistads using U.S. Marines, a government cover-up, and the case making its way to the U.S. Supreme Court where former President John Quincy Adams argues on behalf of the Amistads. David Pesci converts this harrowing story into a page-turning novel."A wonderful book, powerfully written and filled with emotion.... This is a story that transcends race orethnic origin. It is a story of hope in the face of impossible odds and of the will to be free". -- Roberta Flack Media > Book<
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Pesci, David:Amistad, A Novel
- encuadernado, tapa blanda 1997, ISBN: 9781569247488
New York: Marlowe & Company, 1997. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. The Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped (22.95). No chips. No tears. No creases. No owner'… Más…
New York: Marlowe & Company, 1997. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. The Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped (22.95). No chips. No tears. No creases. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Sharp corners. The author's first novel. From the Dust Jacket: "AMISTAD is the powerfully re-imagined history of one of the country's first battles for civil rights. In 1839 fifty-three enslaved Africans, led by a Mende rice farmer named Singbe-Pieh, staged a bloody rebellion on board the Amistad, a Spanish slaver from Cuba. The Amistad was intercepted by U.S. navy officers and towed to port in New London, Connecticut where the Africans were held for trial in New Haven. Led by President Van Buren, the pro-slavery American government maintained that the Africans were Spanish property and should by returned to Havana to be tried for murder, but members of the fledgling abolitionist movement forced a series of trials to win their freedom, culminating at the Supreme Court, where the Amistads were defended by former President John Quincy Adams.". First Edition (so stated). Hard Cover. Fine condition./Fine dust jacket.. Illus. by Woodruff, Hale (cover art) / Eta Rottenberg cover design.. 8vo. (ii), 378pp.., Marlowe & Company, 1997, 5<
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David Pesci:Amistad: the Thunder of Freedom
- encuadernado, tapa blanda 1997, ISBN: 9781569247488
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Hardcover, Gebraucht, Noticeably used book. Text is legible but may be soiled and have binding defects. Heavy wear to covers and pages contain marginal notes, underlining, and or highlighting. Possible ex library copy, with all the markings/stickers of that library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, and dust jackets may not be included. , [PU: Da Capo Press]<
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Pesci, David.:Amistad.
- encuadernado, tapa blanda 1997, ISBN: 9781569247488
Marlowe & Co. , N. Y.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Edition, stated. Hardcover. 156924748x . First Edition. Hardcover. A novel of the history of one of the country&… Más…
Marlowe & Co. , N. Y.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Edition, stated. Hardcover. 156924748x . First Edition. Hardcover. A novel of the history of one of the country's first battles for civil rights. 292 pages. Dust jacket and book are in Near Fine condition. ; Standard Book Size. ., Marlowe & Co. , N. Y., 1997, 4<
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Pesci, David:Amistad : The Thunder of Freedom
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