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Four Spirits - SIGNED
by Naslund, Sena Jeter
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0066212383
- ISBN 13
- 9780066212388
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About This Item
Scranton, PA, U.S.A.: HarperCollins Publishers, 2003 Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. protected by brodart. stated first edition.The 6th book by this prize winning, and highly praised author, an epic novel set in Birmingham, Alabama during two years of the civil rights' struggle for equal rights - a period which Naslund, a Birmingham native, lived through. The four spirits of the title are the spirits of the 4 little girls who were killed in the church bombing in September of 1963, and it is to them that this book is dedicated. .
Synopsis
E-Book extras: ONE: Promise of the Past: An Interview with Sena Jeter Naslund; TWO: The Facts behind the Fiction: Key Dates in the Civil Rights Movement; THREE: Reading Group Guide: Discussion Points.From the acclaimed author of the national bestseller Ahab's Wife comes an inspiring, brilliantly rendered new novel of the awakening conscience of the South and of an entire nation.Written with the same scope and emotional depth as her previous award-winning novel, Four Spirits is set in Sena Jeter Naslund's home city of Birmingham, Alabama, a city that in the 1960s was known as Bombingham. Naslund brings to life this tumultuous time, weaving together the lives of blacks and whites, civil rights advocates and racists, and the events of peaceful protest and violent repression, to create a tapestry of American social transformation.Stella Silver is an idealistic, young white college student brought up by her genteel, mannered aunts. She first witnesses the events of the freedom movement from a safe distance but, along with her friend Cat Cartwright, is soon drawn into the mounting conflagration. Stella's and Cat's lives are forever altered by their new friendships with other committed freedom fighters.A student at a black college, Christine Taylor is inspired to action by the examples of Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth. She courageously struggles to balance her family responsibilities, education, and work with the passions and dangers of the demonstrations. Her friend Gloria Callahan, a gifted young cellist and descendant of a runaway slave, tries to move beyond her personal shyness and family coziness to enter a wider circle, including blacks and whites, men and women, all involved with the protests. Lionel Parrish, teacher, preacher, and peddler of funeral insurance, battles his own demons of lust and self-preservation, while New York activist Jonathan Green gives up a promising career as a pianist to work for racial justice in the South.These characters all add their voices to the chorus that makes up this symphony of innocent children and the mythic elderly, the devoutly religious and the skeptical humanist, the wealthy and the poor, the city and the country. Poignant and evocative, rich in historical detail, and filled with the humanity that is the hallmark of Naslund's fiction, Four Spirits is a compelling tale that transcends tragedy and evokes redemptive triumph.
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- Bookseller
- Tome Raiders
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000811
- Title
- Four Spirits - SIGNED
- Author
- Naslund, Sena Jeter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0066212383
- ISBN 13
- 9780066212388
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, PA, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- Sena Jeter Naslund, first edition, signed, four spirits
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions signed by author;
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