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“What a dramatic story, and way to look at America. They arrived as freaks, winning freedom from the oppressive men who brought them from Thailand for a traveling show, until they married two sisters who bore them 21 children, two of whom served in the Confederate army.” Read more...
The Best Biographies: the 2019 NBCC Shortlist
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Our most recommended books
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King: A Life
by Jonathan Eig -
de Kooning: An American Master
by Annalyn Swan & Mark Stevens -
Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist's Memoir of the Jim Crow South
by Winfred Rembert -
Supermac
by DR Thorpe -
I, Claudius
by Robert Graves -
Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
by Ilyon Woo
