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Jubilee (50th Anniversary Edition) - Margaret WalkerFiction, HistoricalJubilee, 50th Anniversary EditionBy: Margaret WalkerNarrated by: Robin MilesLength: 15 hrs and 44 minsRelease date: 09-06-16Language: EnglishPublishers SummaryThe 50th-anniversary edition of Margaret Walkers best-selling classic, with a foreword by Nikki Giovanni.“Chronicles the triumph of a free spirit over many kinds of bondage.” —New York Times Book ReviewJubilee tells the true story of Vyry, the child of a white plantation owner and his black mistress. Vyry bears witness to the Souths antebellum opulence and to its brutality, its wartime ruin, and the promises of Reconstruction.Weaving her own familys oral history with 30 years of research, Margaret Walkers novel brings the everyday experiences of slaves to light. Jubilee churns with the hunger, the hymns, the struggles, and the very breath of American history.About the AuthorMARGARET WALKER (1915?1998) was one of Americas most popular and respected African American writers and scholars. She first gained national recognition with the 1942 poetry collection For My People, a winner of the Yale Younger Poets Award. She was awarded the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship for her novel Jubilee, which became a national bestseller. Among the most formidable literary voices to emerge in the twentieth century, she will be remembered as one of the foremost transcribers of African American heritage. 【手机听书网】有声小说听书网倾情奉献。