{"product_id":"the-root-verse-las-davey-green-9798270496791","title":"The Root Verse \/ Las Raíces en Verso: Bilingual Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Root Verse \/ Las Raíces en Verso\u003c\/b\u003e bridges two languages, two legacies, and seven generations of memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1824, more than six thousand free African Americans left the United States and settled in Samaná, Dominican Republic, carrying hymns, hope, and the names that still echo across the sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis bilingual poetry collection expands on the world of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStory Letters from Samaná\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, transforming its letters into verses that move between English and Spanish, land and sea, silence and remembrance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough parallel poems, Davey Green gives voice to their descendants, turning ancestral silence into song. This edition honors both the language of the land and the language of the journey, a poetic genealogy rooted in heritage, migration, and the survival of memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the ones who planted.\u003cbr\u003eFor the ones who stayed.\u003cbr\u003eFor the ones still remembering.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e(Includes poems, historical notes, and author reflections in both English and Spanish.)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Davey Green\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798270496791\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.12d","brand":"Davey Green","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49171043123455,"sku":"9798270496791","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-root-verse-las-davey-green-9798270496791","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}