{"product_id":"ardency-kevin-young-9780375711619","title":"Ardency: A Chronicle of the Amistad Rebels","description":"\u003cb\u003eNow in paperback, a haunting chorus of voices that tells the story of the captivity, education, language, hopes, dreams, and fight for freedom, of the African Americans abducted in the \u003ci\u003eAmistad\u003c\/i\u003e rebellion.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on the 1840 mutiny on board the slave ship \u003ci\u003eAmistad, Ardency\u003c\/i\u003e begins with \"Buzzard,\" a sequence of poems told in the voice of the interpreter for the captive rebels, who were jailed in New Haven. In \"Correspondence,\" we encounter the remarkable letters to John Quincy Adams and others that the captives wrote from jail. The book culminates in \"Witness,\" a libretto chanted by Cinque, the rebel leader, who yearns for his family and freedom while eloquently evoking the Amistads' conversion and life in America. As Young conjures this array of characters, interweaving the liberation cry of Negro spirituals and the indoctrinating wordplay of American primers, he delivers his signature songlike immediacy at the service of an epic built on the ironies, violence, and virtues of American history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kevin Young\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0375711619\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375711619\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/18\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Kevin Young","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990164734207,"sku":"9780375711619","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2620a2af-5faa-4062-8d23-5b9dd60bc517.jpg?v=1683303359","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ardency-kevin-young-9780375711619","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}