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Drinking Gourd by Barbara Hambly (2016, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSevern House
ISBN-100727886061
ISBN-139780727886064
eBay Product ID (ePID)219215567
Product Key Features
Book TitleDrinking Gourd
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2016
TopicMystery & Detective / Historical, Crime, African American / Historical, Mystery & Detective / General, African American / Mystery & Detective, Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators
GenreFiction
AuthorBarbara Hambly
Book SeriesA Benjamin January Historical Mystery Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length8.9 in
Item Width5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsHambly juxtaposes heroism with hypocrisy and altruism with cruelty in her compelling sixth instalment, Hambly's well-tuned ear for the vernacular speech of her characters, whatever their race, is a plus
Series Volume Number14
Dewey Decimal813.6
SynopsisBenjamin January investigates the murder of a 'conductor' of the Underground Railway, helping slaves to freedom. Benjamin January is called up to Vicksburg, deep in cotton-plantation country, to help a wounded "conductor" of the Underground Railroad - the secret network of safe-houses that guide escaping slaves to freedom. When the chief "conductor" of the "station" is found murdered, Jubal Cain - the coordinator of the whole Railroad system in Mississippi - is accused of the crime. Since Cain can't expose the nature of his involvement in the railroad, January has to step in and find the true killer, before their covers are blown. As January probes into the murky labyrinth of slaves, slave-holders, the fugitives who follow the "drinking gourd" north to freedom and those who help them on their way, he discovers that there is more to the situation than meets the eye, and that sometimes there are no easy answers., Following the murder of a chief 'conductor' of the Underground Railroad - the secret network of safe-houses that guide escaping slaves to freedom - Jubal Cain, the coordinator of the entire Railroad system in Mississippi, is accused of the crime. It's up to Benjamin January to step in and find the true killer - before their covers are blown.
LC Classification NumberPS3558.A4215
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