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Title: Bricks Without Straw: A Novel
Note: Reading ease score: 76.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Credits: Charles Aldarondo, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Summary: "Bricks Without Straw" by Albion Winegar Tourgée is a novel written in the late 19th century, likely during the period of Reconstruction following the American Civil War. The book explores the complexities of freedom and identity for formerly enslaved individuals, with a focus on the main character Nimbus, a newly freed man grappling with name changes and the implications of freedom for himself and his family. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Nimbus, a Black man reflecting on the transformations he and his fellow freedmen face after emancipation. Through a soliloquy, he muses on the challenges of adopting new names and the confusion that soon follows, highlighting the remnants of his past as a slave and his desire to shed those associations. The dialogue between Nimbus and his friend 'Liab reveals the struggles in forging a new identity and the social implications of freedom. The narrative resonates with themes of self-definition, the legacy of slavery, and the quest for both personal and communal identity in a changing world. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Tourgée, Albion Winegar, 1838-1905
EBook No.: 6058
Published: Jul 1, 2004
Downloads: 54
Language: English
Subject: Historical fiction
Subject: Southern States -- Fiction
Subject: Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Fiction
Subject: Freed persons -- Southern States -- Fiction
Subject: African Americans -- Southern States -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: Bricks Without Straw: A Novel
Note: Reading ease score: 76.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Credits: Charles Aldarondo, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Summary: "Bricks Without Straw" by Albion Winegar Tourgée is a novel written in the late 19th century, likely during the period of Reconstruction following the American Civil War. The book explores the complexities of freedom and identity for formerly enslaved individuals, with a focus on the main character Nimbus, a newly freed man grappling with name changes and the implications of freedom for himself and his family. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Nimbus, a Black man reflecting on the transformations he and his fellow freedmen face after emancipation. Through a soliloquy, he muses on the challenges of adopting new names and the confusion that soon follows, highlighting the remnants of his past as a slave and his desire to shed those associations. The dialogue between Nimbus and his friend 'Liab reveals the struggles in forging a new identity and the social implications of freedom. The narrative resonates with themes of self-definition, the legacy of slavery, and the quest for both personal and communal identity in a changing world. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Tourgée, Albion Winegar, 1838-1905
EBook No.: 6058
Published: Jul 1, 2004
Downloads: 54
Language: English
Subject: Historical fiction
Subject: Southern States -- Fiction
Subject: Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Fiction
Subject: Freed persons -- Southern States -- Fiction
Subject: African Americans -- Southern States -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.