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Book Review of The Known World

The Known World
The Known World
Author: Edward P. Jones
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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I've never read anything that captured the utter insanity of slavery and racism as effectively and affectingly as The Known World. Read it, read it, read it!

The author, Edward P. Jones, is one of the men celebrated in the new book FRATERNITY: IN 1968, A VISIONARY PRIEST RECRUITED 20 BLACK MEN TO THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS AND CHANGED THEIR LIVES AND THE COURSE OF HISTORY. His classmates included Clarence Thomas, Ted Wells,Stan Grayson and Eddie Jenkins.