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(0)David Stevens
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
©1998
Language
English
Description
In the tradition of Roots and Queen, Mama Flora's Family is a sweeping epic of contemporary American history, culled from the unpublished works of award-winning writer Alex Haley. It is the poignant story of three generations of an African-American family who start out as destitute sharecroppers in Tennessee. Mama Flora is the heart and strength of the family, shepherding her children through hard times after the murder of her husband by white land...
2) Redemption
Publisher
Covenant Communications
Pub. Date
p2012
Language
English
Description
A true story of conflict and compassion, Redemption follows the saga of Henry Heath, a lawman on the western frontier in 1862. After the grieving sheriff buries his only child, he learns that Jean Baptiste, an impoverished French immigrant, has been robbing the graves of the recently deceased. Torn between duty, outrage, and guilt about his own past, Heath becomes Baptiste's only defense against the bloodthirsty contempt of the community and the brutal...
Publisher
Wolper Organization
Pub. Date
c1993
Language
English
Description
"'QUEEN, ' the three part, six hour mini-series ... chronicles the remarkable story of Alex Haley's mixed-race grandmother. In telling the story of her origins and life, the mini-series revealed the struggles and injustices experienced by slave women and the wives of plantation owners."--1993 Peabody Award entry form excerpt. Queen is Haley's paternal grandmother, the daughter of James Jackson, Jr., a white plantation owner and Easter, a slave on...