The Resource Truevine : two brothers, a kidnapping, and a mother's quest : a true story of the Jim Crow South, Beth Macy
Truevine : two brothers, a kidnapping, and a mother's quest : a true story of the Jim Crow South, Beth Macy
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- Summary
- A true story of two albino African-American brothers who were kidnapped and displayed as circus freaks, and whose mother endured a decades-long struggle to find them and to get justice for her family. The year was 1899, and the old people told the story: the place, a sweltering tobacco community in the Jim Crow South called Truevine, where everyone they knew was either a former slave or a child or grandchild of slaves. Though the narrative of George and Willie Muse has been passed down for over a century, no writer has ever gotten this close to the beating heart of their story and its mysteries: Were they really kidnapped and put into servitude by the circus? How did their mother, a black maid toiling under the harsh restrictions of segregation, bring them home? And why, after getting there, would they ever want to go back? At the height of their fame, the Muse brothers performed for British royalty and headlined more than a dozen sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden. They were fine musicians and global superstars in a pre-broadcast era. But the very root of their success hinged on the color of their skin and on the outrageous caricatures they were forced to assume: cannibals, sheep-headed freaks, even 'Ambassadors from Mars." Beth Macy is a master chronicler of life in the South, and her exclusive interviews and sources make for a riveting American story about race, greed, and a mother's love. These 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 420 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9780316337540
- Label
- Truevine : two brothers, a kidnapping, and a mother's quest : a true story of the Jim Crow South
- Title
- Truevine
- Title remainder
- two brothers, a kidnapping, and a mother's quest : a true story of the Jim Crow South
- Statement of responsibility
- Beth Macy
- Title variation
- Truevine
- Title variation remainder
- two brothers, a kidnapping, and a mothers quest: a true story of the Jim Crow South
- Subject
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- trueVirginia
- trueAfrican American boys
- Albinos and albinism -- Biography
- Biographies
- trueBoys with albinism
- Children of sharecroppers -- Virginia -- Biography
- trueCircus
- Circus performers -- United States -- 20th century -- Biography
- trueExploitation
- trueFreak shows
- trueFreaks (Entertainers)
- trueHumiliation
- trueInjustice
- trueKidnapping
- Muse, George, 1890-1971
- Muse, Willie, 1893-2001
- trueRace relations
- trueRacism
- Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows -- History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A true story of two albino African-American brothers who were kidnapped and displayed as circus freaks, and whose mother endured a decades-long struggle to find them and to get justice for her family. The year was 1899, and the old people told the story: the place, a sweltering tobacco community in the Jim Crow South called Truevine, where everyone they knew was either a former slave or a child or grandchild of slaves. Though the narrative of George and Willie Muse has been passed down for over a century, no writer has ever gotten this close to the beating heart of their story and its mysteries: Were they really kidnapped and put into servitude by the circus? How did their mother, a black maid toiling under the harsh restrictions of segregation, bring them home? And why, after getting there, would they ever want to go back? At the height of their fame, the Muse brothers performed for British royalty and headlined more than a dozen sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden. They were fine musicians and global superstars in a pre-broadcast era. But the very root of their success hinged on the color of their skin and on the outrageous caricatures they were forced to assume: cannibals, sheep-headed freaks, even 'Ambassadors from Mars." Beth Macy is a master chronicler of life in the South, and her exclusive interviews and sources make for a riveting American story about race, greed, and a mother's love. These 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
- Award
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- New York Times Notable Book, 2016
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2016
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10530300
- Cataloging source
- AZZPT
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Macy, Beth
- Dewey number
- 791.35/0973
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GV1811.A1
- LC item number
- M33 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Muse, George
- Muse, Willie
- Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows
- Albinos and albinism
- Circus performers
- Children of sharecroppers
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- two brothers, a kidnapping, and a mother's quest: a true story of the Jim Crow South
- Label
- Truevine : two brothers, a kidnapping, and a mother's quest : a true story of the Jim Crow South, Beth Macy
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographic references (pages 353-404) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 1647929
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 420 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780316337540
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), map on inside cover
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780316337540
- (OCoLC)953164761
- Label
- Truevine : two brothers, a kidnapping, and a mother's quest : a true story of the Jim Crow South, Beth Macy
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographic references (pages 353-404) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 1647929
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 420 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780316337540
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), map on inside cover
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780316337540
- (OCoLC)953164761
Subject
- trueVirginia
- trueAfrican American boys
- Albinos and albinism -- Biography
- Biographies
- trueBoys with albinism
- Children of sharecroppers -- Virginia -- Biography
- trueCircus
- Circus performers -- United States -- 20th century -- Biography
- trueExploitation
- trueFreak shows
- trueFreaks (Entertainers)
- trueHumiliation
- trueInjustice
- trueKidnapping
- Muse, George, 1890-1971
- Muse, Willie, 1893-2001
- trueRace relations
- trueRacism
- Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows -- History
Genre
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- trueGeneral True Crime
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Nonfiction: 2016
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Social Sciences Books: 2016
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