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
illustrationsplatesmaps
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 sons -- 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
Target audience
adult
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- Biographies
- African American boys -- Virginia -- Roanoke Region -- Biography
- Child circus performers -- Biography
- Muse, Willie
- Racism in popular culture + History
- African Americans -- Virginia -- Truevine -- Social conditions
- Circus performers -- United States -- 20th century -- Biography
- Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows -- History
- Muse, George
- Albinos and albinism -- Virginia -- Roanoke Region -- Biography
- Children of sharecroppers -- Virginia -- Roanoke Region -- Biography
- Kidnapping -- Virginia -- Roanoke Region -- History
- Kidnapping
- African Americans + Segregation
- Mothers and sons -- Virginia -- Roanoke Region -- Biography
- African Americans -- Biography
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- Biographies
- African American boys -- Virginia -- Roanoke Region -- Biography
- Child circus performers -- Biography
- Muse, Willie
- Racism in popular culture + History
- African Americans -- Virginia -- Truevine -- Social conditions
- Circus performers -- United States -- 20th century -- Biography
- Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows -- History
- Muse, George
- Albinos and albinism -- Virginia -- Roanoke Region -- Biography
- Children of sharecroppers -- Virginia -- Roanoke Region -- Biography
- Kidnapping -- Virginia -- Roanoke Region -- History
- Kidnapping
- African Americans + Segregation
- Mothers and sons -- Virginia -- Roanoke Region -- Biography
- African Americans -- Biography
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