false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189786624m/1887035.jpg 1887035 6 Spanning five generations, sweeping across a century and a half of almost unknown history, this acclaimed and unexpectedly funny novel is the story of a man seeking himself in the mirror of his family's past. <P>There were Canes in Canada before the United States erupted into civil war. Their roots are deep, their legacy is rich, but Langston Cane V knows little of his heritage. He is thirty-eight, divorced, and childless and has just been fired for sabotaging a government official's speech. The eldest son of a white mother and prominent black father, Langston feels more acutely than ever the burden of his illustrious family name and his racially mixed heritage. To be black in a white society is hard enough; to be half-black, half-white is to have no identity at all. Or so Langston believes. After a run-in with his father, Langston takes off for his feisty aunt's house in Baltimore, where he embarks on a remarkable quest for his family's past. <P>It's said that those who forget history are condemned to repeat it, but to Langston, history offers not condemnation but reprieve. For when he stumbles across a treasure trove of family documents, he sets off on a journey through time that will lead him back to the famous antislavery raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia, and the great-great-grandfather who fought beside John Brown. He rediscovers the long line of relatives who have battled for racial justice, decade after decade. He finds passion, dignity, and courage--and, at last, by unearthing and giving voice to those who came before him, he finds himself. <P>Rich in historical detail and gracefully flowing from the slave trade of nineteenth-century Virginia to the present, Any Known Blood gives life to a story never before told, a story of five generations of a black Canadian family whose tragedies and victories merge with the American experience. 1888281 1997 Any Known Blood total:60|5:14|4:18|3:21|2:7|1:0| 60 219 123 15 4 3 false false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Jan 14 10:51:15 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 10:58:54 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 12:04:15 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 12:07:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jun 05 09:36:05 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 09:39:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Aug 17 04:59:32 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 05:00:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 12:30:22 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 12:35:12 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 23 05:39:41 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 05:40:14 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 18:57:59 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 09:09:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 12:28:07 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 12:55:39 -0700 2009
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