| Slaves in the Family Revised Edition Contributor(s): Ball, Edward (Author) |
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ISBN: 0374534454 ISBN-13: 9780374534455 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux OUR PRICE: $22.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Slavery - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2018469677 |
| Series: FSG Classics |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (1.28 lbs) 544 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 83331 Reading Level: 7.8 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 31.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Fifteen years after its hardcover debut, the FSG Classics reissue of the celebrated work of narrative nonfiction that won the National Book Award and changed the American conversation about race, with a new preface by the author The Ball family hails from South Carolina--Charleston and thereabouts. Their plantations were among the oldest and longest-standing plantations in the South. Between 1698 and 1865, close to four thousand black people were born into slavery under the Balls or were bought by them. In Slaves in the Family, Edward Ball recounts his efforts to track down and meet the descendants of his family's slaves. Part historical narrative, part oral history, part personal story of investigation and catharsis, Slaves in the Family is, in the words of Pat Conroy, a work of breathtaking generosity and courage, a magnificent study of the complexity and strangeness and beauty of the word 'family.' |
Contributor Bio(s): Ball, Edward: - Edward Ball is the author of works of nonfiction including Slaves in the Family, which won the National Book Award. Born and raised in the South, he attended Brown University and received his MFA from the University of Iowa before coming to New York and working as an art critic for The Village Voice. He lives in Connecticut and teaches writing at Yale University. |