The confessions of Nat Turner
Title
:
The confessions of Nat Turner
Author
:
Styron, William, 1925-2006, author.
ISBN
:
9780679736639
Edition
:
1st Vintage international ed.
Publication Information
:
New York : Vintage Books, 1993 [i.e. 1992]
Physical Description
:
xviii, 455 p. ; 21 cm.
General Note
:
Originally published: New York : Random House, 1967.
Reading Level
:
1450 L Lexile
Personal Subject
:
Turner, Nat, 1800?-1831-Fiction.
Subject Term
:
Nat Turner's Rebellion, Virginia, 1831 -- Fiction.
Slave rebellions -- Fiction.
African American men -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
Enslaved persons -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
Virginia -- History -- 1775-1865 -- Fiction.
Genre
:
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Summary
:
In the late summer of 1831, in a remote section of southeastern Virginia, there took place the only effective, sustained revolt in the annals of American Negro slavery. The revolt was led by a remarkable Negro preacher named Nat Turner, an educated slave who felt himself divinely ordained to annihilate all the white people in the region. This story is narrated by Nat himself as he lingers in jail through the cold autumnal days before his execution. The compelling story ranges over the whole of Nat's life, reaching its inevitable and shattering climax that bloody day in August.
| Library | Call Number | Status |
|---|
| Hardwood Creek Library (Forest Lake) | FICTION STY | Fiction Collection |
| R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury) | FICTION STY | Fiction Collection |
| Stillwater Public Library | FICTION STY | Fiction Collection |