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256 pages • first pub 1857 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780195052497
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 14 April 1988
This memoir is perfect for readers who crave real-life tales of resilience and wit, following a trailblazing woman defying societal constraints across continents and battlefields.
Description
A far cry from the nineteenth-century slave narrative tradition, this book, written in 1857, is a special kind of success story. With delightful urbanity and wit, Mary Seacole, a free-born Jamaican Creole, recounts her childhood as a daughter of a...
Community Reviews
Moods
informative: 77%
adventurous: 73%
inspiring: 39%
reflective: 32%
funny: 30%
emotional: 21%
challenging: 9%
dark: 9%
hopeful: 9%
lighthearted: 9%
sad: 8%
tense: 4%
relaxing: 2%
mysterious: 1%
Pace
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
War, Racism, DeathModerate
Racial slurs, Slavery, ViolenceMinor
Child death
256 pages • first pub 1857 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780195052497
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 14 April 1988
This memoir is perfect for readers who crave real-life tales of resilience and wit, following a trailblazing woman defying societal constraints across continents and battlefields.
Description
A far cry from the nineteenth-century slave narrative tradition, this book, written in 1857, is a special kind of success story. With delightful urbanity and wit, Mary Seacole, a free-born Jamaican Creole, recounts her childhood as a daughter of a...
Community Reviews
Moods
informative: 77%
adventurous: 73%
inspiring: 39%
reflective: 32%
funny: 30%
emotional: 21%
challenging: 9%
dark: 9%
hopeful: 9%
lighthearted: 9%
sad: 8%
tense: 4%
relaxing: 2%
mysterious: 1%
Pace
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
War, Racism, DeathModerate
Racial slurs, Slavery, ViolenceMinor
Child death