Mildred D. Taylor, Ruben Santiago-Hudson
The Land
Audio Cassette
(Listening Library Sept. 11, 2001)
, Unabridged edition
Read by Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Approx. 12 hours, 15 minutes
8 cassettes
The prequel to Newbery Medal winner Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.
Paul-Edward Logan, grandfather of Cassie (Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry) is born during the Civil War, the son of a white plantation owner father and a former slave mother. Though this heritage was not unusual for the time, this upbringing is. Paul-Edward's father sees to it that Paul-Edward and his sister enjoy many of the same privileges as their white half-brothers. But, as the age of 14, Paul-Edward runs away to fulfill his dream: to won land as good as his father's plantation.
- ISBN
- 0807206180 / 9780807206188
- Weight
- 10.2 oz.
- Dimensions
- 4.2 x 2.7
in.