Native Guard by Natasha Trethewey

Native Guard

Natasha Trethewey

51 pages first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction history poetry challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

Description

Through elegiac verse that honors her mother and tells of her own fraught childhood, Natasha Trethewey confronts the racial legacy of her native Deep South -- where one of the first black regiments, the Louisiana Native Guards, was called into ser...

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Moods

reflective 86%
emotional 77%
sad 42%
challenging 28%
dark 28%
informative 28%
inspiring 8%
hopeful 6%
tense 6%
mysterious 2%

Pace

medium 45%
slow 42%
fast 12%

Average rating

4.21

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