Fortune's Bones: The Manumission Requiem

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Sunday, October 18, 2009 - 19:00
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Fortune's Bones: The Manumission Requiem
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Written by Marilyn Nelson. Published by Front Street.
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Using a piercing cycle of poetry, Nelson introduces readers to Fortune, a slave whose death frees him but also enslaves him for 200 years--first as an anatomical specimen and later as a museum display. A 2005 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book.

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Fortune's Bones: The Manumission Requiem
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1932425128
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Book
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Monday, October 26, 2009 - 06:44
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Monday, October 26, 2009 - 06:44
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218
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