The odyssey of Phillis Wheatley : a poet's journeys through American slavery and independence / David Waldstreicher.

"A paradigm-shattering biography of Phillis Wheatley, whose poetry was at the heart of the American Revolution"-- "Admired by George Washington, ridiculed by Thomas Jefferson, published in London, and read far and wide, Phillis Wheatley led one of the most extraordinary American lives. Seized in Wes...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Waldstreicher, David (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Wheatley, Phillis, > 1753-1784. African American women poets > Biography. Poets, American > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > Biography. Enslaved persons > United States > Biography. African American poets > Biography. African American poets. African American women poets. Poets, American > Colonial period. Slaves. United States. 1600-1775 Biography. Biographies.
Genre:	Biography. Biographies.
Physical Description:	viii, 480 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format:	Book

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