Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston

Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

Zora Neale Hurston with Deborah G. Plant (Contributor)

256 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography history race emotional informative reflective slow-paced

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A major literary event: a newly published work from the author of the American classic Their Eyes Were Watching God, with a foreword from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker, brilliantly illuminates the horror and injustices of slavery as i...

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informative 75%
emotional 60%
reflective 59%
sad 53%
challenging 41%
dark 25%
inspiring 13%
tense 5%
hopeful 3%
adventurous 2%

Pace

medium 45%
slow 27%
fast 26%

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4.07

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