Echo of Lions The author weaves the tale of a group of African men seized by Spanish slave traders the mutiny led by the slave Joseph Cinque the courtroom battle as they face murder charges and heartbreaking lov
The author weaves the tale of a group of African men seized by Spanish slave traders, the mutiny led by the slave Joseph Cinque, the courtroom battle as they face murder charges, and heartbreaking love.
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Echo of Lions by Barbara Chase-Riboud
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Barbara Chase-Riboud
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Echo of Lions by Barbara Chase-Riboud
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Published :2019-09-23T10:07:45+00:00
An American novelist, poet, sculptor and visual artist, perhaps best known for her historical fiction Much of her work has explored themes related to slavery and exploitation of women.Chase Riboud attained international recognition with the publication of her first novel, Sally Hemings, in 1979 The novel has been described as the first full blown imagining of Hemings life as a slave and her relationship with Jefferson 1 In addition to stimulating considerable controversy, the book earned Chase Riboud the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize for the best novel written by an American woman and sold than one million copies in hardcover 2 She has received numerous honors for her work, including the Carl Sandburg Prize for poetry and the Women s Caucus for Art s lifetime achievement award 1 In 1965, she became the first American woman to visit the People s Republic of China after the revolution 3 In 1996, she was knighted by the French Government and received the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres 4 She divides her time between Paris and Rome.The only child of Vivian May Chase, a histology technician and Charles Edward Chase, a contractor 5 Chase Riboud displayed an early talent for the arts and began attending the Fleisher Art Memorial School at the age of 8 She also excelled as an art student at the Philadelphia High School for Girls now combined with Central High School Between 1947 and 1954, she continued her training at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art and won an award from Seventeen for one of her prints, which was subsequently purchased by the Museum of Modern Art 5 Chase Riboud went on to receive a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Tyler School at Temple University in 1957 In that same year, she won a John Hay Whitney fellowship to study at the American Academy in Rome for 12 months There, she created her first bronze sculptures and exhibited her work at the Spoleto Festival in 1957, as well as at the American Academy and the Gallery L Obeliso the following year 6 During this time, she traveled to Egypt, where she discovered non European art 6 In 1960, Chase Riboud completed a Master of Fine Arts from Yale University.After completing her studies, Chase Riboud moved to Paris.
124 Replys to “Echo of Lions”
A really moving book about really brave people. The writing is simple but effective and goes from one point of view to another. It also showed the hypocrisy of some white people of this time. Human enough to fight for against slavery but not human enough to be able to enjoy the same rights as them. Quite perturbing. Makes you think how lucky some of us are to have been born now and to be able to enjoy all the rights some people fought for. It's easy to forget that everything was not always a giv [...]
The story of the Amistad, and the slaves' fight to be free. Whether Steven Spielberg wishes to admit it or not, this is the basis for the film "Amistad" and is a much richer experience than the movie.