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Edmonia: A Novel of a Boundary-Breaking American Sculptress

By Brianne Baker
Hardcover
$28.00
By Brianne Baker
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For readers of Vanessa Miller, Sheila Williams, Victoria Christopher Murray and Tracy Chevalier, the story of an unconventional woman who overcame adversity to create enduring tributes in stone to her race and times. The life of pioneering Black Neoclassical sculptor Edmonia Lewis – from the Civil War-era Midwest to Boston’s abolitionist circles, to Rome’s expatriate community – is resurrected in this stunning debut biographical novel.

“I plan to be a sculptor, to memorialize forever the gre...

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FictionPeoples & Cultures - FictionAfrican Americans - Fiction & LiteratureHistorical FictionAfrican Americans - Historical FictionCivil War (U.S.A.) - Historical FictionHistorical Fiction - Biographical