McDougal Littell Literature Connections, Grade 11: Jubilee, Student Edition - Hardcover

MCDOUGAL LITTEL

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395833620 ISBN 13: 9780395833629

Publisher: MCDOUGAL LITTEL, 1997

Synopsis

Here is the classic--and true--story of Vyry, the child of a white plantation owner and his black mistress, a Southern Civil War heroine to rival Scarlett O'Hara. Vyry bears witness to the South's prewar opulence and its brutality, to its wartime ruin and the subsequent promise of Reconstruction. It is a story that Margaret Walker heard as a child from her grandmother, the real Vyry's daughter. The author spent thirty years researching the novel so that the world might know the intelligent, strong, and brave black woman called Vyry. The phenomenal acclaim this best-selling book has achieved from readers black and white, young and old, attests to her success.

About this title

From the Publisher:

This stunningly different Civil War novel boasts a heroine to rival Scarlett O'Hara. Daughter of the white plantation owner and his beloved black mistress, Vyry was conceived, born and reared to womanhood behind the House. Stepped in knowledge of and feeling for the times and the people, Jubilee is a magnificent tale told with devastating truth.

"A revelation." -- Milwaukee Journal

"If you are fed up right to the hairline with Civil War books--'even good ones'--you'll still do yourself a favor by picking up Jubilee." -- Chicago Tribune

From the Inside Flap:

This stunningly different Civil War novel boasts  a heroine to rival Scarlett O'Hara. Daughter of  the white plantation owner and his beloved black  mistress, Vyry was conceived, born and reared to  womanhood behind the House. Stepped in knowledge of  and feeling for the times and the people,  Jubilee is a magnificent tale told with  devastating truth.

About this edition

• Publisher: MCDOUGAL LITTEL
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0395833620
• ISBN 13: 9780395833629
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 640