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Truevine, two brothers, a kidnapping, and a mother's quest: a true story of the Jim Crow South, Beth Macy

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Truevine, two brothers, a kidnapping, and a mother's quest: a true story of the Jim Crow South, Beth Macy

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographic references (pages 353-404) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Truevine

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

953164761

Responsibility statement

Beth Macy

Sub title

two brothers, a kidnapping, and a mother's quest: a true story of the Jim Crow South

Summary

Beth Macy, master chronicler of life in the South, combines exhaustive research, exclusive interviews and sources, and attention to detail in this riveting American story about race, greed, and a mother's love. George and Willie Muse from Truevine, Virginia were two little boys born in a brutal time, sharecropping a field in the segregated South, stolen away by a white man offering candy, and set on a path of events that would forever change their lives--and their family's destiny. --, adapted from dust jacket

Table Of Contents

Prologue: I am the true vine -- Sit down and shut up -- White peoples is hateful -- And still the cry against us continues -- Your momma is dead -- Some serious secrets -- A paying proposition -- He who hustleth while he waiteth -- Comma, colored -- The prodigal son -- Not one single, solitary red penny -- Adultery's siamese twin -- Housekeeping! -- Practically imbeciles -- Very good old colored woman -- Wilbur and John -- God is good to me -- Epilogue: markers

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