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The confessions of Nat Turner
Title
The confessions of Nat Turner / by William Styron.
Publication
New York, New York : The New American Library, 1968.
Copyright Notice Date
©1967
Physical Description
404 pages ; 18 cm
Local Notes
BEIN 2018 6429: Title page verso: "First printing, September, 1968". Imperfect: Text block damp-stained throughout; pages somewhat stiff. Paperbound. From the library of Samuel R. Delany.
Notes
"A Signet book."
"First printing, September, 1968"--Verso of title-page.
Originally published: New York : Random House, 1967.
1968 Pulitzer Prize winner
Summary
In the late summer of 1831, in a remote section of southeastern Virginia, there took place the only effective, sustained revolt in the annals of American Negro slavery. The revolt was led by a remarkable Negro preacher named Nat Turner, an educated slave who felt himself divinely ordained to annihilate all the white people in the region. This story is narrated by Nat himself as he lingers in jail through the cold autumnal days before his execution. The compelling story ranges over the whole of Nat's life, reaching its inevitable and shattering climax that bloody day in August.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 10, 2020
References
West, J.L.W. William Styron, A 4.II.a.1
Publisher's number
Y3596 Signet Books
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
History.
Also listed under
Samuel R. Delany Library (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library). Reading Library.
United States New York (State) New York.
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