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| Genre/Form: | Historical fiction War stories Fiction |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989. Band of angels. New York : Random House, c1955 (OCoLC)573767995 |
| Material Type: | Fiction |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Robert Penn Warren; Clark Gable; Carl H Pforzheimer; Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress) |
| OCLC Number: | 290882 |
| Notes: | "First printing"--T.p. verso. |
| Description: | 375 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Responsibility: | Robert Penn Warren. |
Abstract:
Amantha Starr, who was sent to Ohio at age nine to receive an education, does not return to her father's Kentucky plantation until she learns of his death. At his graveside she is shocked to learn that her mother had been a plantation slave, and now she, Amantha, is being sold by her father's creditors. This is her story for a search of freedom.
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