tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5092572695945135732.post776090870678399405..comments2024-03-19T00:31:02.392-07:00Comments on Dr. Wendell A. Howe: The Victorian Age's Best Selling NovelJeanette Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12976487055723238180noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5092572695945135732.post-7462474672013055842016-08-19T20:26:16.601-07:002016-08-19T20:26:16.601-07:00It does look like a good book. Technically Colson ...It does look like a good book. Technically Colson Whitehead's book is fiction (it's why he says "A Novel"), but like Stowe's book it looks like it has more truth than fantasy. It was apparently written to make you think rather than just spew facts at you. <br /><br />I recently read an interesting pure history book by Patricia and Frederick McKissack called "Black Hands, White Sails: The Story of African-American Whalers". A surprising number of sailors were African-Americans and they formed an important "line" on the Underground Railroad. It turns out many routes to freedom were by ship as the sailors helped runaway slaves. It's technically a kid's book, but it had a lot of Black history I had never heard of.Jeanette Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12976487055723238180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5092572695945135732.post-84409787894234979902012-02-09T20:19:59.483-08:002012-02-09T20:19:59.483-08:00Excellant Interview! Love your Blog!!!Excellant Interview! Love your Blog!!!DuSylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06511357054484380278noreply@blogger.com