Truevine: two brothers, a kidnapping, and a mother's quest : a true story of the Jim Crow South
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Beth Macy, master chronicler of life in the South, combines exhaustive research, exclusive interviews and sources, and attention to detail in this riveting American story about race, greed, and a mother's love. George and Willie Muse from Truevine, Virginia were two little boys born in a brutal time, sharecropping a field in the segregated South, stolen away by a white man offering candy, and set on a path of events that would forever change their lives--and their family's destiny. -- A true story of two albino African-American brothers who were kidnapped and displayed as circus freaks, and whose mother endured a decades-long struggle to find them and to get justice for her family. The year was 1899, and the old people told the story: the place, a sweltering tobacco community in the Jim Crow South called Truevine, where everyone they knew was either a former slave or a child or grandchild of slaves. Though the narrative of George and Willie Muse has been passed down for over a century, no writer has ever gotten this close to the beating heart of their story and its mysteries: Were they really kidnapped and put into servitude by the circus? How did their mother, a black maid toiling under the harsh restrictions of segregation, bring them home? And why, after getting there, would they ever want to go back? At the height of their fame, the Muse brothers performed for British royalty and headlined more than a dozen sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden. They were fine musicians and global superstars in a pre-broadcast era. But the very root of their success hinged on the color of their skin and on the outrageous caricatures they were forced to assume: cannibals, sheep-headed freaks, even 'Ambassadors from Mars." Beth Macy is a master chronicler of life in the South, and her exclusive interviews and sources make for a riveting American story about race, greed, and a mother's love. These were two little boys born in a brutal time, sharecropping a field in the segregated South, stolen away by a white man offering candy, and set on a path of events that would forever change their lives--and their family's destiny.--Adapted from dust jacket.
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African American entertainers
African American entertainers -- Biography
African American Nonfiction
African Americans
African Americans -- Segregation
African Americans -- Virginia -- Truevine -- Social conditions
Albinism
Albinism -- Biography
Albinism in animals
Albinism in animals -- Biography
Audiobooks
Circus performers
Circus performers -- United States -- Biography
History
Kidnapping
Kidnapping -- United States -- Case studies
Multi-Cultural
Muse, George
Muse, Willie
Muse, Willie, -- 1893-2001
Nonfiction
People with albinism
People with albinism -- Biography
Segregation
Social conditions
Sound recording
African American entertainers -- Biography
African American Nonfiction
African Americans
African Americans -- Segregation
African Americans -- Virginia -- Truevine -- Social conditions
Albinism
Albinism -- Biography
Albinism in animals
Albinism in animals -- Biography
Audiobooks
Circus performers
Circus performers -- United States -- Biography
History
Kidnapping
Kidnapping -- United States -- Case studies
Multi-Cultural
Muse, George
Muse, Willie
Muse, Willie, -- 1893-2001
Nonfiction
People with albinism
People with albinism -- Biography
Segregation
Social conditions
Sound recording
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Beth Macy, master chronicler of life in the South, combines exhaustive research, exclusive interviews and sources, and attention to detail in this riveting American story about race, greed, and a mother's love. George and Willie Muse from Truevine, Virginia were two little boys born in a brutal time, sharecropping a field in the segregated South, stolen away by a white man offering candy, and set on a path of events that would forever change their lives--and their family's destiny. -- A true story of two albino African-American brothers who were kidnapped and displayed as circus freaks, and whose mother endured a decades-long struggle to find them and to get justice for her family. The year was 1899, and the old people told the story: the place, a sweltering tobacco community in the Jim Crow South called Truevine, where everyone they knew was either a former slave or a child or grandchild of slaves. Though the narrative of George and Willie Muse has been passed down for over a century, no writer has ever gotten this close to the beating heart of their story and its mysteries: Were they really kidnapped and put into servitude by the circus? How did their mother, a black maid toiling under the harsh restrictions of segregation, bring them home? And why, after getting there, would they ever want to go back? At the height of their fame, the Muse brothers performed for British royalty and headlined more than a dozen sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden. They were fine musicians and global superstars in a pre-broadcast era. But the very root of their success hinged on the color of their skin and on the outrageous caricatures they were forced to assume: cannibals, sheep-headed freaks, even 'Ambassadors from Mars." Beth Macy is a master chronicler of life in the South, and her exclusive interviews and sources make for a riveting American story about race, greed, and a mother's love. These were two little boys born in a brutal time, sharecropping a field in the segregated South, stolen away by a white man offering candy, and set on a path of events that would forever change their lives--and their family's destiny.--Adapted from dust jacket.
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Audiobooks
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Muse, Willie, -- 1893-2001
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Albinism -- Biography
Albinism in animals -- Biography
Audiobooks
Circus performers
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Truevine : two brothers, a kidnapping, and a mother's quest : a true story of the Jim Crow South
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Truevine Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother's Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South
Truevine [compact disc] : two brothers, a kidnapping, and a mother's quest ; a true story of the Jim Crow south / Beth Macy
Truevine Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother's Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South
Truevine [compact disc] : two brothers, a kidnapping, and a mother's quest ; a true story of the Jim Crow south / Beth Macy
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Albinism in animals
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