Tom Piazza

A Free State

Buch

The year is 1855. Blackface minstrelsy is the most popular form of entertainment in a nation about to be torn apart by the battle over slavery. Henry Sims, a fugitive slave and a brilliant musician, has escaped to Philadelphia, where he lives by his wits and earns money performing on the street. He is befriended by James Douglass—leader of the Virginia Harmonists, a minstrel troupe struggling to compete with dozens of similar ensembles—who senses that Henry’s skill and magnetism could restore his show’s sagging fortunes.The problem is that black performers are not allowed to appear onstage, even in Philadelphia. Together the two concoct a dan… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-06-228413-6
EAN: 9780062284136
Produktnummer: 19980145
Verlag: Harper Collins (US)
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Seitenangabe: 272 S.
Gattung: Novel
Ausstattung: Trade Paperback
Masse: H20.3 cm x B13.4 cm x D1.5 cm 205 g
Gewicht: 205

Über den Autor

Tom Piazza is the author of the novels City of Refuge and My Cold War, the post-Katrina manifesto Why New Orleans Matters, the essay collection Devil Sent the Rain, and many other works. He was a principal writer for the HBO drama series Treme and the winner of a Grammy Award for his album notes to Martin Scorsese Presents: The Blues: A Musical Journey. He lives in New Orleans.