{"product_id":"clotel-or-the-presidents-daughter-paperback","title":"Clotel: or, The President's Daughter - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam W. Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHilton Als\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first novel published by an African American, Clotel takes up the story, in circulation at the time, that Thomas Jefferson fathered an illegitimate mulatto daughter who was sold into slavery. Powerfully reimagining this story, and weaving together a variety of contemporary source materials, Brown fills the novel with daring escapes and encounters, as well as searing depictions of the American slave trade. An innovative and challenging work of literary invention, Clotel is receiving much renewed attention today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWilliam Wells Brown, though born into slavery, escaped to become one of the most prominent reformers of the nineteenth century and one of the earliest historians of the black experience. This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition reproduces the first, 1853, edition of Clotel and includes, as did that edition, his autobiographical narrative, \"The Life and Escape of William Wells Brown,\" plus newly written notes.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Wells Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (ca. 1814-1884) was an abolitionist and social reformer best remembered as the United States' first black novelist and playwright, as well as one of the earliest African-American historians. After escaping from slavery on New Year's Day in 1834, he went on to publish a bestselling memoir, a collection of antislavery songs, the novel \u003ci\u003eClotel\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other highly regarded works. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHilton Als \u003c\/b\u003eis a staff writer for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. His work also appears in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Women \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e White Girls\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 8 x 5.19 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 09, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Clotel: Or, the President's Daughter\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9.8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 14\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748998840608,"sku":"9780679783237","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/91e768251139fa85d964ae8b697dda9b.webp?v=1779922520","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/clotel-or-the-presidents-daughter-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}