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Author Hecimovich, Gregg A., author.

Title The life and times of Hannah Crafts : the true story of The Bondwoman's Narrative / Gregg Hecimovich ; foreword by Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Ecco, [2023]
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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  92 CRAFTS    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - New Materials  92 BIOGRAPHY CRAFTS    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - New Materials  B CRAFTS, HANNAH    DUE 04-17-24
 Enfield, Main Library - New Materials  B CRAFTS    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult New Materials  B CRAFTS, HANNAH    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - New Materials  BIO CRAFTS    DUE 04-16-24
 Manchester, Main Library - New Materials  B CRAFTS, HANNAH    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Whiton Branch - New Materials  B CRAFTS, HANNAH    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult New Nonfiction  B CRAFTS    On Holdshelf
 New Britain, Main Library - New Materials  92 CRAFTS, HAN    Check Shelf

Description 412 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Beginnings -- The search -- Nat Turner, the Wheelers, and The Bondwoman's Narrative -- The revolt -- The candidates -- Childhood -- Property -- Rosea Pugh and Hannah Sr. -- The early life of Hannah Crafts -- The Bondwoman's Narrative and Uncle Tom's Cabin -- The notebook -- Religion -- The Wheelers -- The novel -- The life and times of Eliza Morgan -- The Bondwoman's Narrative and Bleak House -- The search continued -- The life and times of Jane Johnson -- The life and times of Hannah Crafts -- The life and times of Hannah Vincent.
Summary "A groundbreaking study of the first Black female novelist and her life as an enslaved woman, from the biographer who solved the mystery of her identity, with a preface by Henry Louis Gates Jr."-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Crafts, Hannah.
African American women novelists -- Biography.
Women novelists -- Biography.
Novelists -- Biography.
Authors, American -- Biography.
Enslaved women -- United States -- Biography.
Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography.
Autobiographical fiction, American -- History and criticism.
African American women novelists. (OCoLC)fst00799510
Autobiographical fiction, American. (OCoLC)fst00822538
Fugitive slaves. (OCoLC)fst00935940
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
Biographies.
Added Author Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., writer of foreword.
ISBN 9780062334732 (hardcover)
0062334735 (hardcover)
9780062334756 (ebook)
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