River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom

by Walter Johnson

Book Overview

Winner of the SHEAR Book Prize
Honorable Mention, Avery O. Craven Award

"Few books have captured the lived experience of slavery as powerfully."
--Ari Kelman, Times Literary Supplement

"[One] of the most impressive works of American history in many years."
--The Nation

"An important, arguably seminal, book...Always trenchant and learned."
--Wall Street Journal

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674975383
• ISBN13: 9780674975385
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 9.2"