The Book of Negroes ---by Lawrence Hill -a Signed Copy ( AKA: Someone Knows My Name ) by Hill, Lawrence (signed) - 2007

Toronto, Ontario: Toronto, ON: HarperCollins / Harper Collins, 2007, 1st Edition, First Printing , 2007. -----------hardcover, a Very Good+/Near Fine example with rubbing and slight curling at spine tips, browning to the paper as usually seen (in fact I haven't seen a copy without paper browning in 7 or 8 years), in a Near Fine dustjacket with light rubbing to the edges, looks new especially with the jacket in a hi-quality mylar protector , signed and inscribed in the year of publication "For Loretta F_____, All the best you and your grandchildren, Larry Hill January 31/07", ----- in the US, Australia and New Zealand this was released with a different title, news reports indicate that Hill's book was to be burned by a Dutch Surinamese group ( Federation for Honour and Reparation of Slavery in Surinam ) who object to the use of the term Negroes, ----"Kidnapped as a child from Africa, Aminata Diallo is enslaved in South Carolina but escapes during the chaos of the Revolutionary War. In Manhattan, she becomes a scribe for the British, recording the names of blacks who have served the King and earned freedom in Nova Scotia. But the hardship and prejudice there prompt her to follow her heart back to Africa, then on to London, where she bears witness to the injustices of slavery and its toll on her life and a whole people. It is a story that no listener, and no reader, will ever forget. The Book of Negroes introduces one of the strongest female characters in recent fiction, a woman who cuts a swath through a world hostile to her colour and her sex." ----Readers will travel with Aminata Diallo from a West African village to an indigo plantation in South Carolina, through the tough streets of New York City and the harsh climate of Nova Scotia to the coast of Sierra Leone, and finally to an abolitionist's home in London., any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE /// ---sizes are approximate ---(generally within 1/8 inch)---. Signed (see description). First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine (see desciption)/Near Fine (see description). Illus. by Photo Cover. 6.25w x 9.25h Inches. NOT Price Clipped.