{"product_id":"colonial-adventure-other-stories-h-ann-ackroyd-9780988039216","title":"Colonial Adventure \u0026 Other Stories: Graphic Novella and Short Stories in Rhythmic Prose","description":"Colonial Adventure is a graphic novella written in rhythmic prose depicting a slice of British colonial history (1936-1977) as experienced by individuals on both sides of the racial conflict. It begins with a British couple who leave the sophistication of London to establish a large agricultural operation in what was then Southern Rhodesia, later Rhodesia and now Zimbabwe. With the rise of Black Nationalism, the black majority rebels leading to a brutal civil war that has a severe impact on the two families, one black and one white, whose lives the story follows. Of the shorter stories, also written in rhythmic prose, one concerns a female architect from Haiti, another a young boy abandoned at a country fair by his mother and a third addresses an over-reaction in the climate of fear surrounding Islam. The fourth story portrays an outrage committed against a teenager seeking to free herself from family domination, while the last tale is a dramatic monologue conducted by an African dictator.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e H. Ann Ackroyd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0988039214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780988039216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Transom Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/29\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.35d","brand":"H. Ann Ackroyd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48435795886335,"sku":"9780988039216","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8e7c840a-0590-4fce-bd8c-99187962feb0.jpg?v=1777152762","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/colonial-adventure-other-stories-h-ann-ackroyd-9780988039216","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}