- Paperback: 375 pages
- Publisher: Scholarly Book Services Inc; Reprint edition (Jun 27 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0807119466
- ISBN-13: 978-0807119464
- Product Dimensions: 21.5 x 14 x 2.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 463 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #640,813 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
From Library Journal
Warren's Civil War-era Angels offers protagonist Amantha Star, who struggles for freedom of both body and soul. Amantha is thrust into slavery following the death of her white father, who, during his life, had never revealed that her mother was black. (LJ 8/55).
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Book Description
First published in 1955, Band of Angels is one of the most searing and vivid fictional accounts of the Civil War era ever written. An acclaimed novelist, poet, critic and teacher, and author of dozens of books, Robert Penn Warren was the only writer ever to receive Pulitzer Prizes in both fiction and poetry.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
If Scarlett O'Hara Had been a Slave,
This review is from: Band of Angels (Paperback)
This is perhaps the best novel ever written about the Civil War and Reconstruction. Unlike Gone with the Wind, the denizens of Warren's South aren't caricatures but complex human beings. You feel the hurt and disappointment of many people, sucked into the tensions of the antebellum South, the abolitonist North, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. "Little Miss Manty" is one of the most engaging characters in fiction. Warren never patronizes anyone. Each page is filled with rich imagery and points for deep reflection.
4.0 out of 5 stars
A wonderful romantic read by (surprise!) a male writer.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Band of Angels (Paperback)
This is a wonderful read. You will "get lost" in Warren's evocative recreation of the post civil war period as he follows the fortunes of a young woman who is technically "colored," but was raised in "white" society by her white father. Unsurprisingly, her circumstances undergo a great change once her father dies and she loses his protection and the position that came with it. Read this book and get a nice surprise!
4.0 out of 5 stars
A wonderful romantic read by (surprise!) a male writer.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Band of Angels (Paperback)
This is a wonderful read. You will "get lost" in Warren's evocative recreation of the post civil war period as he follows the fortunes of a young woman who is technically "colored," but was raised in "white" society by her white father. Unsurprisingly, her circumstances undergo a great change once her father dies and she loses his protection and the position that came with it. Read this book and get a nice surprise!
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