Soldier: A Poet's Childhood (Revised) Field Guides Eleven-year-old George Washington Black--or Wash--a

Eleven-year-old George Washington Black--or Wash--a field slave on a Barbados sugar plantation

the celebrated bestselling author of The House on Mango Street

and threats--a much-needed perspective on a global catastrophe and its long-term consequences

heralds the arrival of an essential new voice in contemporary fiction

while a cast of unlikely characters cross the page

Soldier: A Poet's Childhood (Revised) Field Guides Eleven-year-old George Washington Black--or Wash--aTitle: Soldier: A Poet's Childhood (Revised) Author: June Jordan ISBN: 9780465036820 Publisher: Civitas Books Published: 2001 Binding: Paperback Language: English Edition: Revised Condition Note: New from the publisher Publisher Description: A profoundly moving childhood memoir by a noted poet, essayist, teacher, and journalist. SHORTA not uncommon story is here captured with astonishing beauty the childhood of a gifted daughter whose immigrant