Song of the Shank

Name: Song of the Shank
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ISBN: 9781555976804

ISBN-10: 1555976808

ISBN-13: 9781555976804

Edition: N/A

Authors: Jeffery Renard Allen

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A contemporary American masterpiece about music, race, an unforgettable man, and an unreal America during the Civil War eraAt the heart of this remarkable novel is Thomas Greene Wiggins, a nineteenth-century slave and improbable musical genius who performed under the name Blind Tom. Song of the Shank opens in 1866 as Tom and his guardian, Eliza Bethune, struggle to adjust to their fashionable apartment in the city in the aftermath of riots that had driven them away a few years before. But soon a stranger arrives from the mysterious island of Edgemere-inhabited solely by African settlers and black refugees from the war and riots-who intends to reunite Tom with his now-liberated…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Publication date: 6/17/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 608
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English