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In this deeply reflective novel, Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Award winner Faladé uses real-life Black Civil War sergeant Richard Etheridge to explore the immediate consequences of emancipation.
Falade's tensely wrought first novel examines the role of Black soldiers in the Civil War and is a masterful depiction of the precarious nature of Black life during the war. In autumn 1863, thousands of formerly enslaved men joined the ranks of the Union Army and many joined the African Brigade. The moral center and relentless questioner at the heart of this narrative, Richard Etheridge must face down complex feelings about his past and present as the child of the master and a slave. A triumphant examination of U.S. history and race relations at a crucial juncture, as seen through the eyes of the well-wrought, ever-questing Etheridge; highly recommended.
Black Cloud Rising is available in print, Libby ebook and eaudiobook and hoopla ebook and eaudiobook.
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Book Group |
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