Ardency: A Chronicle of the Amistad Rebels

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Ardency: A Chronicle of the Amistad Rebels

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His book Ardency: A Chronicle of the Amistad Rebels is a “part libretto” and “part captivity epistle” that tells the story of the Africans who rebelled on the slave ship Amistad in 1839. Young has also published nonfiction, including Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies,…
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His book Ardency: A Chronicle of the Amistad Rebels is a “part libretto” and “part captivity epistle” that tells the story of the Africans who rebelled on the slave ship Amistad in 1839. Young has also published nonfiction, including Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies,…
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In 2011 Young published Ardency: A Chronicle of the Amistad Rebels, a “part libretto” and “part captivity epistle” that gives voice to the Africans who rebelled on the slave ship Amistad in 1839. Winner of the American Book Award in 2012, Ardency combines choral and epistolary forms with epic…
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In 2011 Young published Ardency: A Chronicle of the Amistad Rebels, a “part libretto” and “part captivity epistle” that gives voice to the Africans who rebelled on the slave ship Amistad in 1839. Winner of the American Book Award in 2012, Ardency combines choral and epistolary forms with epic…
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