Jubilee: 50th Anniversary Edition

from Itzey

Devoured it. Diametric view from Gone With The Wind. Fast read.

from cwhisenant11

Jubilee, 50th Anniversary Edition By Margaret Walker Narrated By Robin Miles Published 2016 by Blackstone Audiobooks 15 hours and 43 minutes I received a free audio copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. A couple of years ago, I read a biography of Margaret Walker ...

from Nzingha

From 500 Great Books by Women; review by Jesse Larsen Jubilee tells the life story of Vyry, daughter of the houseslave and the "master," from "slavery-time" through the Civil War. Dr. Margaret Walker, respected African-American poet and scholar, heard this story as a child from her own grandmothe...

from speedy74

Jubilee is the story of a slave woman who was distantly related to the author, Margaret Walker. The book follows Vyry, from her childhood to her position as a the head cook at her father's plantation, on through the Civil War, the Emancipation Proclamation and Reconstruction. The work represents ...

from jjsreads

Much better than Gone with the Wind and I really liked that book and movie.