false 231113 8 In this savage parable of the African American experience, Rutherford Calhoun, a newly freed slave eking out a living in New Orleans in 1830, hops aboard a square rigger to evade the prim Boston schoolteacher who wants to marry him. But the Republic turns out to be a slave clipper bound for Africa. Calhoun, whose master educated him as a humanist, becomes the captain's cabin boy, and though he hates himself for acting as a lackey, he's able to help the African slaves recently taken aboard to stage a revolt before the rowdy, drunken crew can spring a mutiny. 2917014 1990 Middle Passage total:504|5:106|4:200|3:138|2:54|1:6| 504 1858 708 52 5 1 false false Fri May 30 01:02:33 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 01:04:16 -0700 2008 The Toughest Indian in the World. Johnson's novel is every bit as full of political and cultural commentary, is in fact a devastating indictment of slave-trading, but those points of view rise naturally out of the narrative, appear simply as facts littered abou...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Feb 14 16:09:35 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 15 08:26:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Feb 22 10:18:59 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 22 10:25:04 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Dec 12 08:59:44 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 09:01:58 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Mar 27 19:36:53 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 19:48:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 18 14:58:13 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 18 14:58:19 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Mar 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 13:22:57 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 17:45:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Thu Sep 03 20:19:59 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 20:21:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sat Jan 10 19:14:44 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 19:14:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 07 17:56:26 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 06:13:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 14:52:14 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 14:58:38 -0700 2009 My son had to read it for Junior Honors English. This book is filled with allusions, anachronisms, and dark humor.]]> 2 0 false false Sat Dec 08 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Mar 16 10:47:04 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 10:48:36 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 26 22:11:56 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 22:14:15 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Mar 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 21:57:21 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 21:57:49 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Wed Oct 14 16:24:24 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 16:25:15 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jul 07 21:23:37 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 21:23:37 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Sep 10 19:28:43 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 19:28:43 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Apr 24 11:41:57 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 11:45:16 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Dec 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 26 14:32:55 -0800 2009 Fri Apr 17 13:30:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Oct 28 12:43:39 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 28 12:51:37 -0700 2008 Every year. I have my students read it as an antidote to Robinson Crusoe. more...]]>