Gloryland
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.12 (555 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1578051754 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-16 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Here, living with little beyond mountain light, cold rivers, campfires, and stars, he becomes a man who owns himself completely, while knowing he’s left pieces of himself scattered along his life’s path like pebbles on a creekbed.Elijah's narrative voicepoetic, rhythmically cadenced, ranging freely through timemakes this novel a literary meditation on finding a self and a spiritual home, while unveiling a little-known chapter of America’s past.. Haunted by the terrors endured by black Americans and by his part in persecuting other people of color, Elijah is sustained only by visions, memories, prayers, and his questing spiritwhich ultimately finds a home when his troop is posted to guard the newly created Yosemite National Park in 1903. Cavalry.The trajectory of Elijah’s army career parallels the nation’s imperial adventures in the late nineteenth century: subduing Native Americans in the West and quelling rebellion in the Philippines. Born
"Simply a masterpiece!" according to L. Tamas. This book is a masterpiece! A brilliant new author has arrived!On the surface, Gloryland brings to life some important and exciting history - that of the African-American "Buffalo Soldiers" who were not only courageous campaigners, but recently were re-discovered to have established Yosemite National Park an. "This is one of the best if not THE best books I have read in" according to thtchrs. This is one of the best if not THE best books I have read in years. It is a poem disguised as a novel. A thought provoking, poetic novel about a Buffalo Soldier, something I had heard of but knew nothing about. And his love for Yosemite. A wonderful, interesting, personal trip through a seldom described time. Important and riveting, historically based fiction. The additional treat would be listening to Shelton Johnson reading (performing, really) his own novel. If you've ever caught him at Yosemite or viewed the way he "stole" the Ken Burns documentary, you know he's more than up to the task.