{"product_id":"to-walk-about-in-freedom-9781324050278","title":"To Walk About in Freedom","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe extraordinary life of Priscilla Joyner and her questalong with other formerly enslaved peopleto define freedom after the Civil War\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eTo Walk About in Freedom\u003c\/em\u003e is truly a must read for anyone interested in seeing not only the nation’s racial past in a fresh light thanks to Emberton's brilliant re-mining, re-excavation, re-reading, and re-interpretation of the lives of the newly freed, but also in being able to come to all previous renderings of it better informed and to view them with a far more critical gaze.\" -- Heather Ann Thompson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Blood in the Water\u003cbr\u003e\"Emberton does a masterful job of reconstructing Joyner’s life by acknowledging what the evidence allows her to conclude and where speculation must suffice…The book is ultimately a meditation on the importance of the imagination as a tool in the shaping of a historical narrative.\" -- Kevin Levin, author of Searching for Black Confederates and Civil War Memory\u003cbr\u003e\"Carole Emberton gives us a powerful new history of emancipation, one anchored in the inner life of an ordinary woman. Beautifully written using overlooked archival sources, \u003cem\u003eTo Walk About in Freedom\u003c\/em\u003e is essential reading, reminding us that freedom was and is a lived experience with deep emotional resonance.\" -- Megan Kate Nelson, author of Saving Yellowstone\u003cbr\u003e\"In this timely and evocative narrative, Carole Emberton follows Priscilla Joyner and the first generation of formerly enslaved Americans on a search for something more than legal emancipation alone. In their long pursuit of happiness, home, education, bel\" -- W. Caleb McDaniel, Pulitzer-Prize winning author of Sweet Taste of Liberty","brand":"WW Norton \u0026 Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529101287767,"sku":"9781324050278","price":13.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781324050278.jpg?v=1731874301","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/to-walk-about-in-freedom-9781324050278","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}