The Resource Song of the shank : a novel, Jeffery Renard Allen
Song of the shank : a novel, Jeffery Renard Allen
Resource Information
The item Song of the shank : a novel, Jeffery Renard Allen represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item Song of the shank : a novel, Jeffery Renard Allen represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "In 1866 as Tom and his guardian, Eliza Bethune, struggle to adjust to their fashionable apartment in the city in the aftermath of riots that had driven them away a few years before. But soon a stranger arrives from the mysterious island of Edgemere, inhabited solely by African settlers and black refugees from the war and riots, who intends to reunite Tom with his now-liberated mother."--Page 4 of cover
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 570 pages
- Contents
-
- Traveling undergroun (1866)
- Moving house : three views of the city (1867)
- Bird that never alights on the trees (1849-1856)
- Rain storm (1854-1856)
- Voice of the waves (1856-1862)
- The celebration of the living who reflect upon the dead (1867)
- Gold and rose (1868-1869)
- Song of the shank (1869)
- Underground (return) (1869)
- Isbn
- 9781555976804
- Label
- Song of the shank : a novel
- Title
- Song of the shank
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Jeffery Renard Allen
- Subject
-
- African Americans -- Fiction
- Amerikanisches Englisch
- Andrae, A
- Biographical fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Blind Tom, 1849-1908
- Blind Tom, 1849-1908 -- Childhood and youth -- Fiction
- Blind Tom, 1849-1908 -- Fiction
- Blind musicians
- Blind musicians -- United States -- Fiction
- Blind musicians, Unites States -- Fiction
- Exploitation
- Exploitation (Morale) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Exploitation -- Fiction
- Exploitation -- Fiction
- Family life -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Mothers and sons
- Mothers and sons -- Fiction
- Mothers and sons -- Fiction
- Musicians -- Fiction
- Musiciens aveugles -- États-Unis -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Musiciens noirs américains -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Mères et fils -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Pianistes -- États-Unis -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Pianists
- African American musicians
- Slavery
- Slavery -- Fiction
- Slavery -- Fiction
- United States
- Pianists -- United States -- Fiction
- African American musicians -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In 1866 as Tom and his guardian, Eliza Bethune, struggle to adjust to their fashionable apartment in the city in the aftermath of riots that had driven them away a few years before. But soon a stranger arrives from the mysterious island of Edgemere, inhabited solely by African settlers and black refugees from the war and riots, who intends to reunite Tom with his now-liberated mother."--Page 4 of cover
- Awards note
- PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist for Fiction, 2015.
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1962-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Allen, Jeffery Renard
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Blind Tom
- Blind Tom
- Blind Tom
- Andrae, A
- African American musicians
- Pianists
- Blind musicians
- Mothers and sons
- Slavery
- Exploitation
- Mothers and sons
- Musiciens noirs américains
- Pianistes
- Musiciens aveugles
- Mères et fils
- Exploitation (Morale)
- African American musicians
- Blind musicians
- Exploitation
- Mothers and sons
- Pianists
- Slavery
- United States
- Amerikanisches Englisch
- African Americans
- Family life
- Musicians
- Blind musicians
- Mothers and sons
- Slavery
- Exploitation
- Label
- Song of the shank : a novel, Jeffery Renard Allen
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 569-570)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Traveling undergroun (1866) -- Moving house : three views of the city (1867) -- Bird that never alights on the trees (1849-1856) -- Rain storm (1854-1856) -- Voice of the waves (1856-1862) -- The celebration of the living who reflect upon the dead (1867) -- Gold and rose (1868-1869) -- Song of the shank (1869) -- Underground (return) (1869)
- Control code
- 857967485
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 570 pages
- Isbn
- 9781555976804
- Lccn
- 2013958011
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 655
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)857967485
- Label
- Song of the shank : a novel, Jeffery Renard Allen
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 569-570)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Traveling undergroun (1866) -- Moving house : three views of the city (1867) -- Bird that never alights on the trees (1849-1856) -- Rain storm (1854-1856) -- Voice of the waves (1856-1862) -- The celebration of the living who reflect upon the dead (1867) -- Gold and rose (1868-1869) -- Song of the shank (1869) -- Underground (return) (1869)
- Control code
- 857967485
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 570 pages
- Isbn
- 9781555976804
- Lccn
- 2013958011
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 655
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)857967485
Subject
- African Americans -- Fiction
- Amerikanisches Englisch
- Andrae, A
- Biographical fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Blind Tom, 1849-1908
- Blind Tom, 1849-1908 -- Childhood and youth -- Fiction
- Blind Tom, 1849-1908 -- Fiction
- Blind musicians
- Blind musicians -- United States -- Fiction
- Blind musicians, Unites States -- Fiction
- Exploitation
- Exploitation (Morale) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Exploitation -- Fiction
- Exploitation -- Fiction
- Family life -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Mothers and sons
- Mothers and sons -- Fiction
- Mothers and sons -- Fiction
- Musicians -- Fiction
- Musiciens aveugles -- États-Unis -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Musiciens noirs américains -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Mères et fils -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Pianistes -- États-Unis -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Pianists
- African American musicians
- Slavery
- Slavery -- Fiction
- Slavery -- Fiction
- United States
- Pianists -- United States -- Fiction
- African American musicians -- Fiction
Genre
Library Links
Embed
Settings
Select options that apply then copy and paste the RDF/HTML data fragment to include in your application
Embed this data in a secure (HTTPS) page:
Layout options:
Include data citation:
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.portlandlibrary.com/portal/Song-of-the-shank--a-novel-Jeffery-Renard/iXHysuZCGq8/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.portlandlibrary.com/portal/Song-of-the-shank--a-novel-Jeffery-Renard/iXHysuZCGq8/">Song of the shank : a novel, Jeffery Renard Allen</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.portlandlibrary.com/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="https://link.portlandlibrary.com">Portland Public Library</a></span></span></span></span></div>
Note: Adjust the width and height settings defined in the RDF/HTML code fragment to best match your requirements
Preview
Cite Data - Experimental
Data Citation of the Item Song of the shank : a novel, Jeffery Renard Allen
Copy and paste the following RDF/HTML data fragment to cite this resource
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.portlandlibrary.com/portal/Song-of-the-shank--a-novel-Jeffery-Renard/iXHysuZCGq8/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.portlandlibrary.com/portal/Song-of-the-shank--a-novel-Jeffery-Renard/iXHysuZCGq8/">Song of the shank : a novel, Jeffery Renard Allen</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.portlandlibrary.com/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="https://link.portlandlibrary.com">Portland Public Library</a></span></span></span></span></div>
