- Hardcover: 257 pages
- Publisher: Alfred a Knopf; First American Edition edition (April 1993)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0679419667
- ISBN-13: 978-0679419662
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,381,035 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I would have to describe this as probably the best fiction book I have read. Why I read it in the first place, I don't know. It doesn't sound particularly appealing - a boy sold into slavery post American Civil War, but it grips and involves like no other story. Written in a beatifully accesible fashion by the author this deservedly won the Whitbread prize and deserves a bigger audience. If you're looking for a great page turner, turn your back on Stephen King, say goodbye to Catherine Cookson and say hello to Joan Brady - you won't be disapponited.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The snyopsis does not do this book justice. This is a historical novel that leaves the reader feeling, hearing, and smelling the settings of the American West. It is also a fierce and textured novel of the nature of childhhood development and family dynamics passed down through generations. This book is almost impossible to put down. Read it!
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is probably the best book I have ever read - and one of the few books I have read more than once. I read a copy from the library and thought it was so good I had to buy a copy.
It is so well written and looks at an aspect of US life that I had never even considered before. It is filled with lots of dark emotion but that is partly what makes it such a great read.
Well worth reading - again and again.
It is so well written and looks at an aspect of US life that I had never even considered before. It is filled with lots of dark emotion but that is partly what makes it such a great read.
Well worth reading - again and again.
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The story of Jonathan Carrick
Compulsive story-telling is at the heart of this extraordinary book. It tells the life story of a four year-old white boy who was sold into slavery just after the American Civil... Read more
Published on 11 Sep 2009 by Eileen Shaw
It is the fact that this is semi autobiographical that makes it...
The Theory of War is story of a white child sold into slavery in post-Civil War America. At just four-years-old Jonathan is sold to Alvah Stokes, who treats him terribly. Read more
Published on 11 May 2009 by Jackie
historical
info was interesting and not mainstream. However this book was very slow to start off with and for a small book that's not a great feature. However it did provide food for thought
Published on 14 April 2009 by karen bennett
A real page turner
I was given this book to read. Not my usual choice, but stick with it.
It's a real page turner, and a very satisfying read.
Again, one of the best books I have read. Read more
It's a real page turner, and a very satisfying read.
Again, one of the best books I have read. Read more
Published on 5 April 2009 by P. Casimir-mrowczynski
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