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Bisson, Terry

 
9781604860870: Fire on the Mountain

Synopsis

Its 1959 in Socialist Virginia. The Deep South is an independent black nation called Nova Africa. The second mars expedition is about to touch down on the red planet and a pregant scientist is climbing the Blue Ridge in search of her great grandfather, a teenage slave who fought with John Brown in Harriet Tubman's guerilla army. Long unavailble in English, this bold novel tells the tale of what have happended if John Brown's raid on Harper's ferry had succeeded - and the civil war had been started by the abolitionists, not the slave owners.

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À propos des auteurs

Terry Bisson, who was for many years a Kentuckian living in New York City, is now a New Yorker living in California. In addition to science fiction, he has written bios of Mumia Abu-Jamal and Nat Turner. He is also the host of a popular San Francisco reading series (SFinSF) and the Editor of PM's Outspoken Authors pocketbook series.



Mumia Abu-Jamal was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1981 murder of a police officer. Prior to his arrest he was a Black Panther Party activist, cab driver, and journalist. Since his conviction, his case has received international attention and he has become a controversial cultural icon. During his imprisonment he has published several books including Live from Death Row.

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