Betty S. reviewed on 8/22/2006 + 14 more book reviews

Winner of the PULITZER PRIZE. The story of Henry Townsend, a black farmer and former slave who falls under the tutelage of William Robbins, the most powerful man in Manchester County, Virginia. Making certain he never circumvents the law, Townsend runs his affairs with unusual discipline. But when death takes him unexpectedly, his widow, Caldonia, can't uphold the estate's order and chaos ensurs. In a daring and ambitious novel, Jones has wovn a footnote of history into an ipic that takes an unflinching look at slavery in all of its moral complexities.

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