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Searching for Jim Signed By Terrell Dempsey 2003 HB DJ
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Personalised
- No
- Signed By
- None, Terrell Dempsey
- Subject Area
- Biographies & True Stories
- Publication Name
- Mark Twain in the Company of Women
- Custom Bundle
- No
- Book Series
- Unknown
- Original Language
- English
- Vintage
- No
- Item Height
- 241 mm
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Item Width
- 165 mm
- Character
- None
- Signed
- Yes
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Non-Fiction
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Inscribed
- No
- Personalisation Instructions
- Na
- Edition
- First Edition
- Type
- Textbook
- Illustrator
- Unknown
- Era
- 1900s
- Special Attributes
- DJ
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- Unknown
- Item Weight
- 550 g
- Personalise
- No
- ISBN
- 9780826214850
About this product
Product Information
Searching for Jim is the untold story of Sam Clemens and the world of slavery that produced him. Despite Clemens's remarks to the contrary in his autobiography, slavery was very much a part of his life. Dempsey has uncovered a wealth of newspaper accounts and archival material revealing that Clemens's life, from the ages of twelve to seventeen, was intertwined with the lives of the slaves around him. During Sam's earliest years, his father, John Marshall Clemens, had significant interaction with slaves. Newly discovered court records show the senior Clemens in his role as justice of the peace in Hannibal enforcing the slave ordinances. With the death of his father, young Sam was apprenticed to learn the printing and newspaper trade. It was in the newspaper that slaves were bought and sold, masters sought runaways, and life insurance was sold on slaves. Stories the young apprentice typeset helped Clemens learn to write in black dialect, a skill he would use throughout his writing, most notably in Huckleberry Finn. Missourians at that time feared abolitionists across the border in Illinois and Iowa. Slave owners suspected every traveling salesman, itinerant preacher, or immigrant of being an abolition agent sent to steal slaves. This was the world in which Sam Clemens grew up. Dempsey also discusses the stories of Hannibal's slaves: their treatment, condition, and escapes. He uncovers new information about the Underground Railroad, particularly about the role free blacks played in northeast Missouri. Carefully reconstructed from letters, newspaper articles, sermons, speeches, books, and court records, Searching for Jim offers a new perspective on Clemens's writings, especially regarding his use of race in the portrayal of individual characters, their attitudes, and worldviews. This fascinating volume will be valuable to anyone trying to measure the extent to which Clemens transcended the slave culture he lived in during his formative years and the struggles he later faced in dealing with race and guilt. It will forever alter the way we view Sam Clemens, Hannibal, and Mark Twain.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Missouri Press
ISBN-13
9780826214850
eBay Product ID (ePID)
90806422
Product Key Features
Book Title
Searching for Jim: Slavery in Sam Clemens's World
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Literature
Publication Year
2003
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Additional Product Features
Series Title
Mark Twain and His Circle Series.
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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- w***p (82)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseGreat seller, made buying easy, packed well, book priced well and in great condition, only fault was ebay UK`s Global Shipping Program, it is a rip off costing three times normal price and import charges a rip off as well, double the normal costs? Not the fault of the seller, she was great. Thank you.
- t***d (593)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseItem came quickly,as described.Well packaged parcel,great value for money for something that's over a 100 years old.Very happy customer.The Greyfriars Holiday Annual Edition 1920 HB For Boys And Girls (#405321640271)
- c***k (488)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseArrived on time and packed well. My item was as described. Exceeding value for the money, I can recommend this seller 100% and look forward to dealing with them in future. A+++++++Repairing Antique Pendulum Clocks By H Jendritzki PB 1973 Swiss Watch (#405542130541)