Truevine
Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother's Quest
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2016.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 420 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Beth Macy, master chronicler of life in the South, combines exhaustive research, exclusive interviews and sources, and attention to detail in this riveting American story about race, greed, and a mother's love. George and Willie Muse from Truevine, Virginia were two little boys born in a brutal time, sharecropping a field in the segregated South, stolen away by a white man offering candy, and set on a path of events that would forever change their lives--and their family's destiny. -- adapted from dust jacket.
Contents:
Prologue: I am the true vine -- Sit down and shut up -- White peoples is hateful -- And still the cry against us continues -- Your momma is dead -- Some serious secrets -- A paying proposition -- He who hustleth while he waiteth -- Comma, colored -- The prodigal sons -- Not one single, solitary, red penny -- Adultery's siamese twin -- Housekeeping! -- Practically imbeciles -- Very good old colored woman -- Wilbur and John -- God is good to me -- Epilogue: markers.
Subjects:
Muse, George.
Muse, Willie.
Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows -- History.
People with albinism -- Biography.
Circus performers -- United States -- 20th century -- Biography.
Children of sharecroppers -- Virginia -- Biography.
Albinism -- Biography.
Albinism in animals -- Biography.
Muse, George.
Muse, Willie.
Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows -- History.
People with albinism -- Biography.
Circus performers -- United States -- 20th century -- Biography.
Children of sharecroppers -- Virginia -- Biography.
Albinism -- Biography.
Albinism in animals -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780316337540
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Includes bibliographic references (pages 353-404) and index.