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Author Styron, William, 1925-2006.

Title The confessions of Nat Turner / William Styron
Published New York, NY : Open Road Integrated Media, 2010, ©1976

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Description 1 online resource (756 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Contents Cover Page; Title Page; Table of Contents; Author's Note; Part I: Judgment Day; Part II: Old Times Past Voices, Dreams, Recollections; Part III: Study War; Part VI: "It Is Done ... "; AFTERWORD: Nat Turner Revisited; A Biography of William Styron; Copyright Page
Summary The explosive 1967 Pulitzer Prize'winning novel, a gripping and unforgettable portrait of the leader of America's bloodiest slave revolt The Confessions of Nat Turner is William Styron's complex and richly drawn imagining of Nat Turner, the leader of the 1831 slave rebellion in Virginia that led to the deaths of almost sixty men, women, and children. Published at the height of the civil rights movement, the novel draws upon the historical Nat Turner's confession to his attorney, made as he awaited execution in a Virginia jail. This powerful narrative, steeped in the brutal and tragic history of American slavery, reveals a Turner who is neither a hero nor a demon, but rather a man driven to exact vengeance for the centuries of injustice inflicted upon his people. Nat Turner is a galvanizing portrayal of the crushing institution of slavery, and Styron's deeply layered characterization is a stunning rendering of one man's violent struggle against oppression. This ebook features a new illustrated biography of William Styron, including original letters, rare photos, and never-before-seen documents from the Styron family and the Duke University Archives
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on June 15, 2016)
Subject Turner, Nat, 1800?-1831 -- Fiction
SUBJECT Turner, Nat, 1800?-1831 fast
Subject Nat Turner's Rebellion, Virginia, 1831 -- Fiction
Slave rebellions -- Fiction
African American men -- Fiction
African Americans -- Fiction
Enslaved persons -- Fiction
FICTION -- Classics.
FICTION -- General.
African American men
African Americans
Slave rebellions
Enslaved persons
SUBJECT Virginia -- History -- 1775-1865 -- Fiction
Subject Virginia
Genre/Form Downloadable e-Books
Biographical fiction
Fiction
Historical fiction
History
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781936317097
1936317095