The Half Has Never Been Told
by Edward E. Baptist
Taste attributes: historicalpoliticaldocumentaryslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelinearbig & variedemotive & stirringinjustice/tragedy/vengeancesocial commentaryhuman spirit/resilience/survival
Boxlist takeRealistic and serious: a stirring non-fiction book, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like depth over escapism.
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Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
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About This Book
Americans tend to cast slavery as a pre-modern institution —the nation's original sin, perhaps, but isolated in time and divorced from America's later success—. But to do so robs the millions who suffered in bondage of their full legacy. As historian Edward E.
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- Edward E. Baptist
- Published
- 2014
- Pages
- 264
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