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Song of slaves in the desert, Alan Cheuse

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Song of slaves in the desert, Alan Cheuse
Language
eng
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no index present
Literary Form
novels
Main title
Song of slaves in the desert
Oclc number
662405299
Responsibility statement
Alan Cheuse
Summary
Sent by his father to observe and evaluate his uncle's South Carolina rice plantation, New York Jew Nathaniel Pereira is horrified by his first brush with the brutal realities of slavery, especially the irony of how a people who themselves lived in bondage for so long could now own slaves. His moral dilemma becomes even more complex after he becomes captivated by Liza, a beautiful slave who harbors a shattering secret
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Song of slaves in the desert, a novel of slavery and the Southern wild
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