Truevine An Extraordinary True Story of Two Brothers and a Mother's Love

In Truevine, Virginia, in 1899 everyone the Muse brothers knew was either a former slave, or a child or grandchild of slaves. George and Willie Muse were just six and nine years old, but they worked the fields from dawn to dark. Until a white man offered them candy and stole them away to become circus freaks. For the next twenty-eight years, their distraught mother struggled to get them back. But were they really kidnapped? And how did their mother, a barely literate black woman in the segregated South, manage to bring them home? And why, after coming home, would they want to go back to the circus?In Truevine, bestselling author Beth Macy reveals for the first time what really happened to the Muse brothers. It is an unforgettable story of cruelty and exploitation, but also of loyalty, determination and love.

ISBN:	9781447278092
Publisher:	Pan Macmillan
Imprint:	Pan Books
Published date:	22 Feb 2018
DEWEY:	973.049607300922
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	x, 420 , 32 unnumbered of plates
Weight:	358g
Height:	130mm
Width:	196mm
Spine width:	32mm

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