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Wake : the hidden history of women-led slave revolts / Rebecca Hall ; illustrated by Hugo Martínez; lettered by Sarula Bao.
"An historical and imaginative tour-de-force, WAKE brings to light for the first time the existence of enslaved black women warriors, whose stories can be traced by carefully scrutinizing historical records; and where the historical record goes silent, WAKE reconstructs the likely past of two female rebels, Adono and Alele, on the slave ship The Unity. WAKE is a graphic novel that offers invaluable insight into the struggle to survive whole as a black woman in today's America; it is a historiography that illuminates both the challenges and the necessity of uncovering the true stories of slavery; and it is an overdue reckoning with slavery in New York City where two of these armed revolts took place. It is, also, a transformative and transporting work of imaginative fiction, bringing to three-dimensional life Adono and Alele and their pasts as women warriors. In so doing, WAKE illustrates the humanity of the enslaved, the reality of their lived experiences, and the complexity of the history that has been, till now, so thoroughly erased"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781982115180
- ISBN: 1982115181
- ISBN: 9781982115197
- ISBN: 198211519X
- Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Written "for my grandmother Harriet Thorpe Hall (1860-1927), for all the women who fought slavery, and for all of us living in its afterlife."-- Acknowledgments, Rebecca Hall. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| Genre: | Historical comics. Graphic novels. |
Available copies
- 21 of 21 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 21 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abington Community Library | GRAPHIC HALL (Text) | 50687011714089 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library | AGN 326 HAL (Text) | 37268003137155 | AHMFL Adult Graphic Novels | Available | - |
| Altoona Area Public Library | 741.5 HAL (Text) | 33240004950039 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Cambria County Library | ADULT GRAPHIC Hal (Text) | 85131001816264 | CACM Adult Graphic Novel | Available | - |
| Exeter Community Library | 306.362 HAL (Text) | 33249024785374 | Adult Graphic Non-fiction | Available | - |
| Glatfelter Memorial Library | Adults HAL Graphic (Text) | 34216000957086 | Adult Area | Available | - |
| Green Free Library (Wellsboro) | GN 326.0973 WAK (Text) | 92524665 | GFWM Main Room | Available | - |
| Guthrie Memorial Library: Hanover's Public Library | Adults 326 HAL Graphic (Text) | 34007002450729 | Adult Area | Available | - |
| Highland Community Library | 741.5 HAL (Text) | 35610000983200 | HGHM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Huntingdon County Library | NF 326 HAL (Text) | 30298100593213 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
