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Benjamin January seriesBaldwin, James
Contents: Pt. 1. Seventh day -- pt. 2. Prayers of the saints -- Florence's prayer -- Gabriel's prayer -- Elizabeth's prayer -- pt. 3. Threshing-floor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Modern Library 1995
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BALBaldwin, James
Summary: "Told through the eyes of Tish, a nineteen-year-old girl, in love with Fonny, a young sculptor who is the father of her child, Baldwin's story mixes the sweet and the sad. Tish and Fonny have pledged to get married, but Fonny is falsely accused of a terrible crime and imprisoned. Their families set out to clear his name, and as they face an uncertain future, the young lovers experience a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BALCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC BALHambly, Barbara.
Summary: In 1835 New Orleans, Benjamin January, a free man of color, becomes caught up in a deadly plot when he rescues opera impresario Lorenzo Belaggio, who has brought a production of the opera "Othello" to town, from a violent attack.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAMHambly, Barbara.
Summary: A black American surgeon fights racism as he works alongside whites during a cholera epidemic in 1830s New Orleans. What particularly disturbs the French-trained Benjamin January, a free man of color, is that many other free men are disappearing. Are they victims of cholera or a human hand?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1998
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAMHambly, Barbara.
Summary: After a corpse is discovered at a secret rendezvous of mountain men in the untamed Rockies, Benjamin January must find out who the murderer is.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAMHambly, Barbara.
Summary: When free black musician and surgeon Benjamin January attends the funeral of a friend, an accident tips the dead man out of his coffin--only to reveal an unexpected inhabitant. Set in New Orleans in 1836.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAMHambly, Barbara.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2002