Project Gutenberg 2004-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 46 Tourgée, Albion Winegar 1838 1905 Tourgee, Albion Winegar Bricks Without Straw: A Novel Reading ease score: 76.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Charles Aldarondo, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "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.) en Historical fiction Southern States -- Fiction Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Fiction Freed persons -- Southern States -- Fiction African Americans -- Southern States -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 974774 974662 2024-10-03T07:44:11.792766 2023-10-03T07:19:58.340289 text/html text/html 974767 974655 2024-10-03T07:44:12.154781 2023-10-03T07:19:58.606285 text/html text/html 468138 2024-10-03T07:44:25.377205 application/epub+zip 482262 2024-10-03T07:44:16.144772 application/epub+zip 446656 2024-10-03T07:44:14.661775 application/epub+zip 800948 2024-10-03T07:44:32.489181 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 759269 2024-10-03T07:44:24.324214 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 700532 2022-09-03T10:09:08.519018 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 906148 906087 2024-10-03T07:44:11.154776 2023-10-03T07:19:57.716294 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 901082 2020-12-29T09:41:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 354252 2020-12-29T09:41:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20237 2024-10-03T07:44:32.625179 application/rdf+xml 16503 2024-10-03T07:44:15.213747 image/jpeg 3858 2024-10-03T07:44:14.934747 image/jpeg 463206 2024-10-03T07:44:12.236782 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia