How the Word Is Passed
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ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF THE YEARA NUMBER ONE NEW
YORK TIMES BESTSELLERLONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR
NON-FICTION'A beautifully readable reminder of how much of our
urgent, collective history resounds in places all around us that
have been hidden in plain sight.' Afua Hirsch, author of
Brit(ish)Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith
leads the reader on an unforgettable tour of monuments and
landmarks - those that are honest about the past and those that are
not - which offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has
been central in shaping a nation's collective history, and our own.
It is the story of the Monticello Plantation in Virginia, the
estate where Thomas Jefferson wrote letters espousing the urgent
need for liberty while enslaving more than four hundred people. It
is the story of the Whitney Plantation, one of the only former
plantations devoted to preserving the experience of the enslaved
people whose lives and work sustained it.It is the story of Angola,
a former plantation-turned-maximum-security prison in Louisiana
that is filled with Black men who work across the 18,000-acre land
for virtually no pay. And it is the story of Blandford Cemetery,
the final resting place of tens of thousands of Confederate
soldiers. A deeply researched and transporting exploration of the
legacy of slavery and its imprint on centuries of American history,
How the Word Is Passed illustrates how some of our most essential
stories are hidden in plain view - whether in places we might drive
by on our way to work, holidays such as Juneteenth or entire
neighbourhoods like downtown Manhattan, where the brutal history of
the trade in enslaved men, women and children has been deeply
imprinted.How the Word is Passed is a landmark book that offers a
new understanding of the hopeful role that memory and history can
play in making sense of the United States. Chosen as a book of the
year by President Barack Obama, The Economist, Time, the New York
Times and more, fans of Brit(ish) and Natives will be utterly
captivated. What readers are saying about How the Word is
Passed:'How the Word Is Passed frees history, frees humanity to
reckon honestly with the legacy of slavery.We need this book.'
Ibram X. Kendi, Number One New York Times bestselling author'An
extraordinary contribution to the way we understand ourselves.'
Julian Lucas, New York Times Book Review'The detail and depth of
the storytelling is vivid and visceral, making history present and
real.' Hope Wabuke, NPR'This isn't just a work of history, it's an
intimate, active exploration of how we're still constructing and
distorting our history.", Ron Charles, The Washington Post'In
re-examining neighbourhoods, holidays and quotidian sites, Smith
forces us to reconsider what we think we know about American
history.' Time'A history of slavery in this country unlike anything
you've read before.' Entertainment Weekly'A beautifully written,
evocative, and timely meditation on the way slavery is commemorated
in the United States.' Annette Gordon-Reed, Pulitzer Prize-winning
author
Výber kníh autorov
Smith Clint ,
Dialogue Books
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Smith Clint,
Dialogue Books
Výber kníh vydavateľa
Little, Brown Book Group
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Little, Brown Book Group
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