Drums at Dusk Contributor(s): Bontemps, Arna (Author), Bibler, Michael P. (Introduction by), Adams, Jessica (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0807134392 ISBN-13: 9780807134399 Publisher: LSU Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback Published: June 2009 Click for more in this series: Library of Southern Civilization |
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BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2008047175 |
Series: Library of Southern Civilization |
Physical Information: 0.73" H x 5.56" W x 8.02" L (0.76 lbs) 280 pages |
Features: Table of Contents |
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Publisher Description: A story of love, violence, and race set at the outbreak of the Haitian Revolution in 1791, African American writer Arna Bontemps's Drums at Dusk immerses readers in the opulent and brutal -- yet also very fragile -- society of France's richest colony, Saint Domingue. First published in 1939, this novel explores the complex web of tensions connecting wealthy plantation owners, poor whites, free people of color, and the slaves who stunned the colony and the globe by uniting in a carefully planned uprising. The novel's hero, Diron Desautels, a white Creole born in Saint Domingue who belongs to the French antislavery group Soci t des Amis des Noirs, attempts to spread his message of liberty, equality, fraternity in a world fraught with conflict. |
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