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Does it depict much violence?
Fran Becker Absolutely. And it left me feeling betrayed by Margaret Mitchell, who depicted slavery as benign. I read Gone With the Wind when I was 13 and it disto…moreAbsolutely. And it left me feeling betrayed by Margaret Mitchell, who depicted slavery as benign. I read Gone With the Wind when I was 13 and it distorted my visions of the antebellum South with pretty ivory lace curtains. It has taken much more reading and several decades to wipe the vision of Ashley Wilkes and the KKK as heroic men.(less)
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The Underground Railroad
by Colson Whitehead (Goodreads Author)
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