{"product_id":"the-manor-mac-griswold-9781250050205","title":"Manor: Three Centuries at a Slave Plantation on Long Island","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1984, the landscape historian Mac Griswold was rowing along a Long Island creek when she came upon Sylvester Manor, a stately mansion guarded by hulking boxwoods. When Griswold went inside, she encountered a house full of revelations, including a letter from Thomas Jefferson and--most remarkable and disturbing--what the aged owner, Andrew Fiske, casually called the slave staircase. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis staircase would reveal the extensive but little-known story of Northern slavery, and in 1997 Griswold returned with a team of archaeologists, uncovering a landscape filled with stories. Based on years of research--and voyages that took her as far as West Africa--Griswold has given us both the biography of a place that has witnessed war and reversals in fortune, and the riveting story of the family that has occupied it for three centuries. A fine-grained account and a sweeping drama, \u003ci\u003eThe Manor\u003c\/i\u003e captures American history in all its richness and contradictions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mac Griswold\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250050200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250050205\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.20d","brand":"Mac Griswold","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994200801535,"sku":"9781250050205","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c370763b-6a94-48d7-a048-075bbb3d28bb.jpg?v=1683328723","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-manor-mac-griswold-9781250050205","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}